Barry Bostwick Quotes

United States, Actor
February 24, 1945

Barry Knapp Bostwick is an American stage and screen actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the musical comedy horror The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City . Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in the musical The Robber Bridegroom.

Also known as Singer, Voice Actor, Comedian, Stage Actor

I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.

Barry Bostwick
- Chance
- Production
- Number
In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.

Barry Bostwick
- You
- Actor
- Just

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

Barry Bostwick
- Rock
- Even
- Later
Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year.

Barry Bostwick
- Man
- Year
- Over
I was always this guy who appreciated and loved women and supported them and all those little things that were female-skewed, strong women parts.

Barry Bostwick
You don't have a lot of time to massage a scene into oblivion. It's like you do it, you get a couple of good takes, and then you move on, so you have to be very spontaneous as an actor and have done your homework, and I like that.

Barry Bostwick
- Moving
- Couple
- Homework
I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.

Barry Bostwick
- Guy
- Comedy
- Movies
People have a tendency to cast me more as lawyers and doctors and just rich guys, rich assholes basically, a lot of rich assholes. That's what I'm normally seen as, you know.

Barry Bostwick
- People
- Doctors
- Lawyers