Actor Quotes

Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.’

I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

What people don’t realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you’re being bullied by millions of people constantly.

I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.

I want to be an actor, I am just not very comfortable talking about myself.

There are actors who can pull of a writer’s lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

All the big actors are now on TV, and all the big actors have come from TV. It’s a great platform.

My tramp is made up of mimicry.

I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.