Every actor wants to be everybody - play all the roles.
Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old.
I'm probably more of a stand-up comedian than an actor.
Actors can't retire. What would they do?
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
As an actor, you never try to be someone else. You can't.
Both my parents are actors, in very different ways.
I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors.
As an actor, I'll play anything.
The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part.
As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.
As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.
I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.
Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.
I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
I was very conscious of the actor; watched what he did.
I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.
Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor.
I was an actor before becoming a comedian.
Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance.
I never have particular actors planned when I'm in the process of writing.
