Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I am not as crazy as people think. "

Related Quotes:

" I may be a vain person, but I'm not a vain performer. "

" I never hurt anybody; I only hurt myself and my family. I never did anything mean to anybody, I was just mean to myself. "

" I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit. "

" I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people. "

" I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches. "

" I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going. "

" Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different. "

" I like Michael Bay a whole lot. And Jerry Bruckheimer. But I love Ben Affleck as a person, as a director, as an actor. "

" I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease. "

" Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. "

" Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you. "

" Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule. "

" I don't know what to say about it except Tom Hanks is a great person, a serious person; he's dissatisfied in a very likeable way, in a very discreet way, and Steven Spielberg is similar in his discretion and drive. But Spielberg is calm. He's this driven filmmaker and visionary. He really is. "

" I'm from Detroit. I was from a kind of violent neighbourhood. "

" Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much. "

" I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you. "

" My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base. "

" I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not. "

" Most movies aren't any good. "

" I have thin skin. I'm not a tough guy. "

" I was a tough kid. I don't punch people anymore. "

" I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all. "

" I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan? "

" Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? "

" I read for 'Reservoir Dogs,' and it got down to me and Buscemi, and Quentin couldn't make up his mind. I really wanted that part, but Buscemi is great in that. I also got really close on 'Gladiator,' but Ridley Scott decided on Russell Crowe, who's perfect in it. "

" I really desire a partner. "

" Although my mother and father were both completely legit, it was all around me, this crime and licentiousness. "

" When I was a teenager, you wanted to go to the movies. Go and see 'Mean Streets,' go and see 'The Conversation,' go and see 'Taxi Driver.' "

" You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced. "

" I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce. "