Morris Chestnut Quotes

I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.

Morris Chestnut

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• I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.

  

  Karen Allen
  • Character
  • Me
  • Roles

• The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • Life
  • You
  • Actor

• I have an older brother who is an actor as well.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Brother
  • Actor
  • Well

• An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • Me
  • Audience
  • Actor

• Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Actor
  • Just
  • Brilliant

• Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I'm not a major film star; I'm a jobbing actor.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Star
  • Couple
  • Actor

• I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Human
  • Actor
  • Human being

• Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Voice
  • Actor
  • Disney

• My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Parents
  • Actor
  • Director

• While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.

  

  Karen Hesse
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Actor

• In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Good
  • You
  • Actor

• Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.

  

  Uday Kiran
  • Actor
  • Rumours

• I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Kind
  • Actor
  • Going

• Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Comedy
  • Play
  • Actor

• As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Life
  • Actor
  • Hotel

• As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Attention
  • Focus
  • Actor

• I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'

  

  T. J. Thyne
  • Film
  • Stories
  • Actor

• They call David O. Russell the actor whisperer because he can get stuff out of actors that maybe some other directors can't.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Actor
  • Call
  • Maybe

• My aunt was so attuned to commercials that she could always identify the voiceover actor.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Actor
  • Aunt
  • Commercials

• If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.

  

  Pat Gillick
  • Believe
  • Professional
  • Rules

• I have one car that works; it's fast and safe: an Audi 5. And I have two old cars that never work: an old Peugeot convertible, and an Alfa Romeo Giulia.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Work
  • Car
  • Fast

• In its heyday, Hollywood reflected, if it did not actually produce, the sexual climate of our land.

  

  Anita Loos
  • Hollywood
  • Ifs
  • Land

• I think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.

  

  Morris Chestnut
  • Actor
  • Development
  • Roles