Actor Quotes

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

I have a natural swagger.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books.

A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal wi

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in your society, I am sure there will be many actors from our part of the world that will be acting in Hollywood films.

The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage.

No new projects at the moment. There are restrictions to how much I can take on. And I need to finish those that I am committed to do before thinking ahead. But I'd rather they take final shape before we talk of them.

Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio - he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin' to him - He be Gatsby.

It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.

Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood