Actor Quotes

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

I was never trained for anything.

I was a dummy in school.

I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve.

I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.

I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good.

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.

As long as my pictures go into theaters and we ask people to pay to see what I do on the screen, I should not object if customers want to know what kind of man I am.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.

I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much.

I'm working myself to death.

The whole question of God and what God is, and whether it's a blond guy with a beard, I don't know... I don't know that. Do I believe that there's something greater at work than the sum of humanity? Yeah, I think so.

Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends.

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

My accent's become a weird hybrid.

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

I had a vocal coach. It's a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.

I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. 'Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.'

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

And when you started looking into Roger East, it was almost like he had disappeared from history.

A lot of people think I'm that guy in 'Betsy's Wedding', but I'm not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.