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Quotes by Actor


"I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing."

"I am friends with Demi. Don't believe anything you read."

"A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it."

"Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set."

"New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something."

"The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure."


"I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated."

"John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London."

"What's great is that because math is such a universal language, really, our fans come in all shapes and sizes, all ages and genders and races and backgrounds and cultures."

"There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment."

"If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place."

"I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree."

"That's why I really don't play cards or gamble. Because I'd crack."

"Brooke might tell a different story, but I've always loved the water."

"I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level."


"Names were not so much dropped as thrown in a perpetual game of catch."

"So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge."


"If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart."


"I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references."

"You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in."

"I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body."

"I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that."

"I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree."

"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians."
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"The Hulk, that was the experience of my life, so far."

"Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab."

"Demi Moore is a terrific woman and a hell of an actress."


"I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are."


"For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office."

"I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning."

"At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent."

"A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution."


"I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way."

"I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in."

"I'm as anxious as any viewer would be to see what Temple is going to do next. All I know is that in the second half of the season, he's going to have more sexual tension developing. And it's a great cast - they're all Broadway actors except for me. I aspire to that."

"Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas."
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