Dennis Franz Quotes
I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.
Quotes to Explore
-
There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
-
Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.
-
Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.
-
I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.
-
I couldn't be luckier to wake up every morning and be so excited to get to work, even if it's five in the morning.
-
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
-
I was taking hitting clinics every chance I got. I really worked on it. It was just fun to be given that invitation from the director to make the baseball as good as we can.
-
I love going swimming. I spent a lot of time in North London in summer going to Hampstead Heath and swimming in the ponds there. It's so beautiful; we're so lucky to have that in London.
-
I've learnt that you tend most to make a div of yourself when you're trying to cover up the fact that you don't know what you're doing. And that simply saying 'I don't know what I'm doing' is a massive relief.
-
He must approach the subject critically, alert for contradictions, pedantry and vagueness.
-
The rabbits bow before thee, And cower in the straw; The chickens are submissive, And own thy will for law; Bullfinches and canary Thy bidding do obey; And e'en the tortoise in its shell Doth never say thee nay.
-
There are no lower or higher or median moralities. There is only one morality, and it is precisely the one that was given to us during the time of Jesus Christ and that stops me, you and Barantsevich from stealing, offending others, lying etc.
-
I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.
-
I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.
-
My father was the funniest guy I ever met. I'm not sure if I stole his stuff or if I inherited it.
-
I was always a secretary in the early days, before we decided we were brave enough to join Equity and see if this thing has any legs.
-
To me, I never get too caught up in the position thing. At the end of the day, you're playing your game.
-
My generation was the turning point. Women older than us didn't expect to have jobs or careers; those younger did. But we were where it was changing - which is interesting but uncomfortable.
-
How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.
-
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
-
Solitude is independence.
-
The lunar flights give you a correct perception of our existence. You look back at Earth from the moon, and you can put your thumb up to the window and hide the Earth behind your thumb. Everything you've ever known is behind your thumb, and that blue-and-white ball is orbiting a rather normal star, tucked away on the outer edge of a galaxy.
-
A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One who is skillful in using men puts himself below them. This is called the strength to use men. This is called matching Heaven, The highest principle of old.
-
I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.
