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Quotes by Actor

"I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now."

"What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know."


"Old School has humongous laughs all the way through it."

"Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers."

"So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?"

"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."


"Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."

"We English have sex on the brain. Not the best place for it, actually."

"Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration."


"The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots."


"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."


"I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy."

"When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have."

"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job."

"Even though the museums guarding their precious property fence everything off, in my own studio, I made them so you and I could walk in and around, and among these sculptures."

"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."

"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load."

"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."

"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."

"My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff."

"Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'."

"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."

"It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us."

"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."
Wife,

"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."


"There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment."

"Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!"

"I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic."
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