So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.
I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.
An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.
You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.
A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors.
When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
When I went to university, I was already working professionally with the Ulster Actors.
Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.
I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.
Life as a Person is Unfair, Life as an Actor is Bullshit
I had no ambition to become an actor at all.
As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.
I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.
An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.
Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.
Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor.
I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.
There's a certain amount of self-aggrandising with actors, and I'm terribly shy of that.
I think most actors like to be liked.
I'm not one of those actors that knows everything about politics.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
