Actor Quotes

It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.

I never got hurt when I was in Morocco doing all the horse riding and my own stunts. But on the last day on the last shot I slid off my horse and landed on my bottom. I did not get hurt but it was very embarrassing.

I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.

You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.

When you get pure joy out of 'being' rather than 'doing' or 'seeing,' that's when you realize how big and unexplainable some things are and being a dad is one of those very few things.

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie.

I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an idiot.

I'm not a big fan of rehearsing.

I never liked group work in school.

I love hockey, and I don't love it for any other reason than when I get out there and play, I enjoy it.

I do have a lucky pair of underwear.

Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we create. It's almost like being an architect: You can't be an architect and build whatever buildings you want to.

Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next.

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure.

I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

I don't think I'm egotistical as much as I'm taking responsibility for what I'm putting out there.

I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very easy to say whatever's going to appease them and then turn around and do whatever you want to do. It's difficult to be forthright with people, because the job does not len

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss.

The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person.

I've cut myself out... I've cut scenes out that I was in and that's when you realize that you've got to make the best movie you can.

I'm a very lazy person by nature. I have to be really engaged, and then I go straight from lazy to obsessive. I couldn't study chemistry, but I could memorize all the books for Dungeons and Dragons. It was ridiculous. The trick is to find what I like to do.