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Quotes by Actor
"I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes."
71
"How many times can you put together 26 different stories without running out?"
71
"The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven."
71
"An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor."
70
"I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing."
70
"Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes."
70
"But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful."
70
"I certainly have no plans to leave London. It's a great town."
70
"What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime."
70
"Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun."
70
"Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for."
70
"I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball."
Golf,
70
"Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows."
70
"I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it."
70
"There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double."
70
"Yeah, I think if I were to go again, I'd try to go more on gut feelings and stick with it. I was on to Frederique. I found clues for everything, I found tons of stuff."
70
"I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality."
70
"I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western."
70
"I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me."
70
"Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part."
70
"There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth."
70
"My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character."
70
"So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out."
70
"The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things."
70
"Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth."
70
"I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting."
70
"I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one."
70
"I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did."
70
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