Actors are steeped in a world of agents and where the next job is coming from and what are their expenses and what is the hotel like. You want to take them out of that world and dump them into another world so that when you meet them on the screen they don't seem like the guy who was in two others movies that year.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

The person that made me want to make movies and the reason I do films is Bruce Lee. He was an incredible actor and he had a lot of charisma. Handsome action you know everything was there. I loved Bruce Lee.

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful isn't it?

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think 'Gee there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

I go to the movies a lot and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like to find them offering no more surprises.

I had done some flimflam movies but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.

So one way or another I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set but I don't take myself seriously as an actor.

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

Well you know what? The actor still gets up in the morning if he's still got something to work with you go out there and you do it. Never quit!

As an actor it's more interesting to play a nerd than anything else. It's a lot more fun - you don't worry about 'what's my hair like?' in the morning or 'which is my great angle?'

There is both a skill factor and an effort factor in dream recall. People can develop dream recall skills such as lying still in the morning and writing down whatever comes to mind.