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Quotes by Actor

"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."

"Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie."


"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."
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"A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity."

"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."

"Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all."

"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself."

"I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket."

"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."

"I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me."


"I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life."


"The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well."


"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."


"Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting."

"You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in."

"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."

"It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?"


"The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other."


"With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily."

"When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again."

"What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference."

"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."


"I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond."

"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material."

"It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character."

"She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special."
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