On-Screen Presence Quotes

Every kid wants to be an actor. When I was a kid, I thought, 'Oh, it'd be great to be like Errol Flynn. I want to be an actor.'

That scene that I have with Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black is one of my favorite scenes that I've ever done. He's very modest. He's a real hardworking actor. I think he was going through something difficult at that time, and he never brought his personal stuff - not once! - on the set. He was a real pro. I remember doing that scene, and as I was acting, I thought, "I understand why this guy's a movie star." Because there was just something that he did when the cameras rolled. There was some kind of energy that was really magnificent, a real aura about him.

I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

I'm fortunate enough to have had an opportunity to do a range of stuff, and the thing I admire most in actors is versatility, those that morph and change, those kind of chameleon actors who are unrecognisable from one job to another. That's something that I aspire to establish myself.

Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

My James Bond wasn't any different to my Saint or my Persuaders or anything else I've done. I've just made everything that I play look like me and sound like me.

I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.

I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great.

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.

I always wanted to be an actor. I was one of those lucky kids - or cursed kids - who always knew what he wanted to do.

Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to prove that I can play with the big boys.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery.

I have a huge acting crush on Gene Hackman. I just love watching him.

I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

I would loved to be called a character actor.

I've been doing theatre for years, but film acting has broadened my horizon.

I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that!

WWE prepares you for everything in entertainment. It's the truth. You need a host? Get a WWE Superstar. You need someone for an action movie, a comedy movie, a drama movie, you get a WWE Superstar. Because these guys are the most well-versed, well-trained, and hardest working guys out there.

My natural self is John Goodman. If I relaxed, I'd be him.

Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.

Give me meaty roles, and I'll sink my teeth into them!

Everybody wants me to do action kind of films. It is OK.