Memorable Role Quotes

To play Khal Drogo was phenomenal, and I wished there was more stuff he could have done. I'm going to miss that character.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

For me, a career highlight was being on 'Battlestar Galactica.' Roles like that don't come along very often.

The film itself, and my role as Moses, will always remain one of the creative peaks of my career.

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film.

Without question, dying on 'Lost' was the best thing I have ever done in my entire career.

A lot of actors give a performance that many people connect with and they end up talking about it a lot of their life.

My most memorable role would have to be Agnes Calay of 'Forevermore,' probably because it was my first lead role.

Walter [Hill] basically brought me into that ["Wild Bill Hickok"], and it was one of the great experiences. It was extraordinary stuff. He wrote this kind of American Shakespeare. But I played my part for four episodes, and the rest is history!

For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if it happens once - and it's luck that it's happened to me a couple of times.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.

I'd always had a crush on Teri Garr - and still do. I've always adored her. I mean, who doesn't think about Teri in Young Frankenstein? I mean, come on! It makes you talk in that accent for weeks.

When the audience comes out of the theatre, they should remember your role and appreciate you for it. They should not forget you.

As an actor, you very rarely have the experience of picking up a script and getting a few pages into it and realizing that what you're holding in your hands is not just a role on a TV show, but it's one of those special parts that comes along, once or twice in a career. If you're lucky, you get an opportunity to do something really memorable and to be part of one of those rare shows that passes into that special category.

I would like to have opportunities in my career to do parts that people would remember - either the whole character or certain moments that they personally could really connect to or were really affected by it deeply.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience. I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.

Pierre [from Dude, Where's My Car?] could be the best thing I've ever done. When you distill it down to a minute and a half of work, that may be my finest effort.