Actor Quotes

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life.

I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.

I know I'm not an anti-Semitic person.

I just try to be the best Catholic.

I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?'

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I didn't want to be an actor.

I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles.

I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness.

I also hope that I am occasionally involved in projects that touch other people in ways that make their lives a little better, more interesting for the moment that makes them think.

Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed.

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

Conversion is a daily thing.

Christ died for the truth.

Anything that I undergo, I look at as redemptive suffering.

A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'

My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood.

In my 33rd year, I was called to play Jesus.

I still put my pants on the same way. I still walk on my pool twice a day.

I do what I do, and I do it well, and focus and take it one moment at a time.

I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.

There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.

The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour.

The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.

The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.

One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.