Actor Quotes

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

My mom introduced me to science-fiction.

I just think the more we're observed by other people, the less we can observe them in order to play them and find their true condition.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic.

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.

Martin Jarvis was to have played the part originally but I think I had longer hair or something, I know not.

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.

I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode.

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for.

Dick Mills was in charge of sound effects and all the rest then, and he put the voice through a ring modulator or whatever gizmos he'd got at the time to make it sound a little more electronic.

But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself.

People's minds are overloaded with information.

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life.