Actor Quotes

I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale.

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult.

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am.

I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.

Every director is so different from every other one.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

No one could have nicer sisters. No sibling problems there.

My whole damn family was nice. I don't think I've imagined it. It's true. Maybe it has to do with being brought up as Christian Scientists. Half of my relatives were Readers or Practitioners in the church.

My thinking was scrambled when Sullivan and I separated. Something happened to me that had never happend before. I couldn't cope. It was heartbreak time. I thought it was the end of the world.

It has to do with the fact that Ford, for all his greatness, is an Irish egomaniac, as anyone who knows him will say.

I've been close to Bette Davis for thirty-eight years - and I have the cigarette burns to prove it.

I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture.

I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.

I found myself facing a Christian Science Reading Room. My God! It had been eight years. There had never been any renunciation of religion on my part, but like so many people, it was a gradual fading away.

I don't know what was in his mind, but I do know Ford was stricken by what he had done, by hitting me.

Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film.

For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!

The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy.

The best part is it's a dream come true. I've always wanted to be a working actor, and the good part of it... it's all good! I work long hours, but it's amazing. They pay me. That's amazing! I get to kiss Keri Russell, and that ain't too bad.

I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.

I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off.

I am going to be on 'True Blood.' It was really exciting. I had a great time shooting it. I spent the last nine months shooting this season and it was very secretive, very sexy, a lot of blood and fangs.

I like being scared every now and then, I like the suspense and the thrills. Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding her hand while she jumps.

The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.

My father was never anti-anything in our house.