Actor Quotes

My big fight is not in the movie and I don't understand that decision but I know he's right about it, whatever it is. Quentin did not hire me because I'm a kung fu expert; he hired me because he liked to listen to me talk.

Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

No matter what you're going through, as long as you have some specific emotion, whether it's positive or negative, it is all stuff that you can use on stage.

My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people when I was a kid that worked with children's jingle singing groups. I used to sing jingles as a kid.

My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.

It's always mildly unnerving when you're hanging upside down 70 feet in the air.

I write about my life and my own experience, but I also write about things that I have no knowledge of whatsoever.

I think that's the whole point of music - to inspire people.

I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me.

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.

There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.

You're looking at an actor whose price has just doubled.

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

My mother - the Irish side of the family - was very musical. My mother was a singer; there was music around the house all the time.

It's a joy to work where I live, and come home and sleep in my own bed.

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

I pursued a theatre career, and Hollywood came calling.

I like to keep busy.

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.

I didn't have to do paper routes. I'd sing for 5 bucks a crack at weddings and church functions; I'd have four or five on some Saturdays.

For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

You can always tell a novice rider; they aren't comfortable in the saddle and have to hang on.

My journey has been that of a character actor.

I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for.

I was an expert horseman.

I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge.