top of page
Quotes by Actor

"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

"If I was coming into the business today, I wouldn't be in it. Knowing what I know, absolutely not."


"When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies."

"It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up."

"Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?"

"I've got volumes on how not to behave. I've got more information now than a guy should have at my age."

"I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?"

"Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better."

"The biggest compliment to me is that guys really approach me and they have a connection with me, so there must be something I'm doing that is authentic, otherwise they wouldn't connect with me so strongly. It's a real compliment."

"I trust my mum with anything. If I have a problem, my mum is always the first person I go to."

"I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free."

"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."


"I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by."

"We own our movie and are now close to breaking even, even without finishing domestic DVD deals."

"I do think that, for instance, we've been very lucky to have theatrical careers and be associated with Shakespeare which sometimes gives you a kind of bogus kudos."

"I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny."


"I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific."

"At home in Victoria, we have three dogs, Tosh and Lucy, they're half Blue Heelers, and then there's Torrin a little Maltese terrier. She gets more attention in the house than anyone else! Yes, I miss them a lot."

"Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you."

"I have to tell them that last night was a shameful train wreck filled with blind cuddly puppies."

"But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy."

"The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy."

"It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in."

"Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts."
Sky,

"I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so."

"Peter Boyle on Everybody Loves Raymond is more of an insane Dad."
bottom of page