Actor Quotes

I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.

I definitely had a top-notch education.

I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he's terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

My parents were hippies.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I had a very modest upbringing.

I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.