Actor Quotes

'Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers a unique visual landscape that tells the story of the city and what it's been through.

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have had a lot of success in movies in the past now want to be on TV. There used to be much more of a quality division between TV and movies, and that's kind of not the case anymore.

You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake.

Music is my life.

If you miss one day in physics, that's it.

I've never seen a woman half as beautiful as Jennifer Love Hewitt.

I was always handsome under all the fat.

I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.

I ate everything - a lot of pizza, bags of chips and boxes of cookies. Now I love chicken, that's all I eat.

I actually just started home schooling. And it is great.

I never, ever would or did rob anyone in my life.

Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.

My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested.

It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like dressing up and playing around.

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

If it is not scary, it is not worth doing.

If I'd been a rock star, I'd probably now be dead.

I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.

I freely admit that I am a bit of a misfit.

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

Don't be late. Learn your lines. Be good to people. Treat people nice.

I think that no matter how dark a person is, the more you learn about them, the more you understand about their life, the more you can sympathize with them or even root for them.

I met Robert Rodriguez working on a movie called 'Roadracers.'

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint a picture for an hour you're a better actor at the end of it.

I lived in Texas for 10 years.

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

I generally play strong people and scary people.

I don't think there are in life, pure darkness or pure light. Everyone's got a little of everything.