American Actor Quotes

People really seem to have enjoyed The Tick. I think because it's odd and quirky and not mainstream, that people that are fans of The Tick love to talk about it, bring it up, and I certainly appreciate that. I felt like it was something special when we made it, and it was very disappointing when our network was not going to support it. I guess about eight years later, we proved the network wrong. Once again, the guys in suits made a big, big mistake, and they're all big jerks.

Patrick Warburton

Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.

We used to get arrested every other week — that is, the old man would get arrested.

It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. They are the real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them.

Christopher Reeve

I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.

Terrence Howard

I stake the future on the few humble and hearty lovers who seek God passionately in the marvelous, messy world of redeemed and related realities that lie in front of our noses.

William McNamara

What did I discover during my solo—besides learning to unwrap my energy bar ahead of time? That you ask yourself a lot of questions when you're alone on a bike for that long. One question more than others: Why the heck am I doing this? When I was done, I think I had found the answer: For the satisfaction that comes with pushing your body to the breaking point and conquering the unknown.

Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine, people I have never discussed vegetarianism with, are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.

Joaquin Phoenix

Just how many did we kill? I honestly have the feeling of groping for words to explain this or I might say 'my God, what have we done?'

On the bombing of Hiroshima

Robert Lewis (director)

In television or a movie I bring my own ego and consequently can mess up. In the theatre I learnt very quickly to shut up and listen. Now I am able to get out of my own way.

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response. For an actor that is no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life.
For now, I'm not changing anything. I will insist on work when I can; the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring in my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you will know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway.

Charlton Heston

Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that he may "retire" and enjoy himself as soon as he is too old to do so. This is more than just the system - it is the credo. It is the same thing that prompted Thoreau to say, in 1839: 'The majority of men lead lives of quiet desperation.'

Sterling Hayden

Be a dancer—any kind of dancer you wanta be—but dance it! Be a singer—sing any song you wanta sing, but sing! And you've got enough trouble to take you to the graveyard! But think of all that life you had before they buried you.

Lonne Elder III

Nothing important has ever come out of San Francisco, Rice-A-Roni aside.

Michael O'Donoghue

Comes de revolution, we'll eat strawberries and cream!

Willie and Eugene Howard

I feel a horror for exaggerated love or friendship. It's just too well demonstrated to me that when the moment comes that one asks something, or has need of something, the responce is not worth a biscuit.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

Sometimes I think life is a terminal illness.

To Ernest Hemingway

We are the authorities on getting people off drugs. We are the authorities on the mind. We are the authorities on improving conditions. Criminon (sic). We can rehabilitate criminals. We can bring peace and unite cultures.

I'm not particularly fond of watching myself act. I think because my roots are in the stage that the joy for me is the act of doing it. The joy for me is not sitting down and watching me do it. I'm so critical of myself. I'd sit and watch myself in a scene, maybe one in which I'm just in the background, and think, What are you doing back there, Rene? Why are you doing that? Why didn't you just stand still? Shut up. What's the matter with you?

René Auberjonois

If you want to scare your boyfriend next Halloween, come dressed as what he fears most. Commitment.

Peter Nelson (actor)

I firmly believe that we are all given signs and dreams and put in situations that define who we were and who we are to become. All of it points towards our destiny. All we need to do is listen carefully to the messages and follow our dreams. It is in our dreams that we find our true identities and where our destiny awaits.

Isaiah Washington