Actor Quotes

'The Host' is very much in the same vein as 'Twilight', and there's clearly a huge fan base out there. But I can't imagine myself being as huge as Robert Pattinson. I'm not sure I could handle that level of fame.

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.

My name has opened doors and slammed doors shut.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.

I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities.

I've always wanted to be a fighter pilot. But I don't want to kill people. I'd hate to.

I think New York is more stylish than London.

I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.

I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend,' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful.

I like to think that at the end of a show, you can just take your costume off and go to the pub.

I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place.

I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. Edward, Bella, Jacob, etc. but... I haven't read them.

I don't look on the Internet; it's a world of pain.

I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse.

I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable.

For me, comfort is paramount.

Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.

As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.

American actors are all muscular, tanned, white teeth and they have this indestructible confidence. We British are all... Dare I say it? Pessimistic.

Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still kind of want them to shut up a bit.

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really sort of ever got into that. As time passes, maybe I should record it and put it in a vault so that when I get a little old don't have the energy I can remember how life used to be.

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.