Quotes by Terence Stamp

About Terence Stamp:

Terence Henry Stamp is an English actor. Since starting his acting career in 1962, he has appeared in more than 60 films. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer.
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A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.

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A lot of people only see me as villains.

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A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene.

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All actors are incredibly insecure.

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Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.

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As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed.

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He's Soderbergh, we're working for him. It doesn't matter what he's doing; we'll see it at the premiere.

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I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.

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I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy.

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I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.

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I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.

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In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator.

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Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

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What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

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When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.

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In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There were so many intellectual leaps. My character, Stick, is blind, but he can see better than most people. So I had trouble kind of finding the logic.

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With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!

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It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England.

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From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been times between action and cut when I've sensed some kind of new dimension that I haven't been familiar with before.

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At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies that I don't really like.

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Author Bio

  • NameTerence Stamp
  • DescriptionBritish actor
  • BornJuly 22, 1938
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor