Actor Quotes

I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

I'm not really an animal person.

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

I went to an all-boys school and hated feeling like one of the crowd.

I think that among my friends I'm known as being a hard worker; I think if you want to be an actor, there can't be any compromise. You have to work all day, every day. It's not a 9-5 job. There's always something to learn.

I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition.

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.

I like horses!

I like doing stuff with my friends.

I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

I always wonder whether I'll get treated differently with a different accent.

I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.

'Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.

Every time I get a role I think, 'I've actually fooled them again, I can't believe they keep falling for this!'

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

All actors have to change their name.

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.

People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me.

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

I want to make smart television.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

I basically was a precocious little kid.

You know, Taylor Lautner, with a body like that, he should be taking his shirt off. For me, it's not so essential.

With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you