I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.
And so I've always been fascinated by the technical end of theater, and a lot of my closest friends are not actors, but in the other end of the business.
It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.
I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.
I think most actors jump at the chance to do something where the camera's on them all the time.
I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.
I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey Wright.
As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.
I was never really a child actor. I was working sporadically in indie films in Pennsylvania, but I was still living at home.
I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.
Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.
Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.
It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.
My dad was an actor, so he would try and put me off and say, 'Come on, you've got to go to university first.'
My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.
I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.
My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.
As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.
