Actor Quotes

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

You know, I'm not really any good at working out when people are flirting with me. And I think I'm too flirtatious with people I'm trying not to flirt with! What I am good at is making people feel uncomfortable. I don't want to but it always ends up happening!

My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.

The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live.

One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.

I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life.

I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

I found the writing arena to be much less competitive.

My ranch William S. Hart Park is for the benefit of the American Public of every race and creed.

I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime.

My experiences in life are getting bigger and better. The more stuff I do, the more stuff I talk about - having kids, traveling, going through relationship problems, dealing with things in my own family. All that stuff builds character.

I think if someone gets kicked in the face it is their fault - they watched the foot come towards their face.

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.

You learn more doing than doing training.

When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict.

Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.

We tend to think about fascism in terms of the Second World War.

That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.

Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.

My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.

Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.

It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.

I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.