Conrad Veidt Quotes

I don't know if I would do this if I had to start over again.

Nowadays, kids need promises to play. And I'm not gonna lie, I almost went to Mississippi. But that's the best thing I did, when I changed my mind and went to Miami.

If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.'

I never regretted what I turned down.

I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

If I had it to do over, I might have finished school first, then devoted all my time to StumbleUpon instead of dividing my time between the two. In the end, however, it was probably good to take the time I did.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.

I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.

Looking back, I am thankful that I didn't go into the film industry.

There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

You can look back at anything and wish you'd done something differently.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices you make will shape your life forever.

I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?

I don't regret what I've done but some of the things I didn't do.

The stupidest thing I ever did was turn down 'Terms of Endearment' to do 'Cannonball Run II.' Jim Brooks wrote the part of the astronaut for me. Taking that role would have been a way to get all the things I wanted.

I don't regret anything, but that doesn't mean that I don't look back and think, 'What was I thinking?'

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

It's very rare I'll watch anything I'm a part of and think, 'I wouldn't change a thing.'

I said no to Aston Villa because I was not ready. I said yes to Cardiff because I felt ready. But I was not.

I've done shows where I was the lead, but maybe it wasn't quite right - I took them because I wanted to move my career on.

Every man writes his manner. I just made poor decisions.

All you have in the end is to look back and like the choices you've made.