Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.
If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.
I don't think I could make a good film, but I could definitely score a good film.
If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.
If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.
I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.
It was sometimes difficult to reconcile a man's talents with his personality.
The biggest mistake, in general, I've made, is to put too much of a weighting on someone's talent and not enough on their personality. And I've made that mistake several times. I think it actually matters whether somebody has a good heart, it really does. I've made the mistake of thinking that it's sometimes just about the brain.
Spotting talent is one of the essential elements of great leadership.
Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?'
But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.
I think everybody thinks they're an amazing singer, but I'm one of those guys who realizes where his limitations are, and it's definitely with singing and dancing.
If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.
Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.
We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.
I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.
In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.
A lot of the time with jobs that I've booked, immediately I'll read the breakdown, or I'll read the script, and I'm like, 'Oh I'd love to do this, but I'm completely wrong for it,' and they tend to be the jobs that I book.
I'm not a singer.
The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group.
Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.
Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.
I've always thought I was talented.
The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.
