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Quotes by Actor
"If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good."
Work,
38
"Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it."
38
"Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me."
38
"Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his entire life is in his face."
38
"I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage."
38
"I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect."
38
"I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting."
38
"There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth."
38
"Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you."
38
"At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back."
38
"The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age."
38
"Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario."
38
"This was great fun and a nice paycheck and then, as these things happen, the show was canceled."
Fun,
38
"There was a whole display set up of all the X-Men paraphernalia. My wife couldn't resist telling this 5-year-old boy that I was Wolverine. The little kid looked up at me and he was staring at me."
Wife,
38
"I think that for the most part, when I started doing comedy, it had become very commercialized."
37
"You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better."
37
"Chris Hemsworth is like Christopher Reeve in that he can do two things: he can wear a big red cape without a shred of self-consciousness. But he's also funny as hell, and he's so sweet. So with all the fish-out-of-water stuff, he's so funny. So he does almost two jobs in a way."
37
"And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away."
37
"I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them."
37
"And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment."
37
"While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself."
37
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