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1174 Filmmaker Quotes

I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.

Actor Bald Early Else
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I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.
About Death I Think Irish
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I'm not hard to get along with.
Along Get Hard With
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

Academy Feel Guy Last
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

Bad Been Like Many
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.

Able Artists Because Been
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In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

Actor Any Be Real Could
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It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.

Alike Any Character Had
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

Actor Career Early Get
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My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

About Available Base Because
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Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

Anybody Fight Girlfriend Love
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.

Almost Almost Everyone Everyone Me
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.

Been Going Here Life
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Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
Acting Just Wardrobe Let
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

Girlfriend Lie Life Only
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We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

Against Fast Going Money
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With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

Fat Jack Jack Nicholson Nicholson
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
Big Blues Delta Easy
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

Bad Been Certain Develop
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.

Award Earned Every High
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What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's all that counts.
Beautiful Counts Pal That
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There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

Believe Get Know On-Screen
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

Back Class Half Last
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

Approach Bomb Fear Got
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In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Been Industry Ladder Nails
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If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

Follow Get How Impulse
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It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.

Amount Certain Company Dinner
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I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.

About Complain Even Life
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My motto is: more good times.
Good Good Times More Motto
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I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.

Age Any Decide Feel
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

Felt Irresistible Life Makes
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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

Chance Everything Everywhere Go
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Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
Even Never Over Peak
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I'm not used to getting good reviews.

Getting Good Reviews Used
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That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

Biggest Hollywood Money Own
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Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.

Dies Everyone Except Guy
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My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

Both Comedy Dad Everything
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My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.

Being Careers Comedians Heavy
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I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time.
About Camera First Location
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I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

Always Become Dance Devil
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I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.
Events Every Go Night
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I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.

Any Business Get Motivated
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It's in my blood to tour. It's in my blood to get on the road. It's in my blood to go onstage.

Blood Get Go Onstage
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I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.

Comfortable Definitely Lot More
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My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.

All-Out Away Confused Figure
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Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

Death Funny Living Lucky
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The best comedy to me - and again, I grew up with comedy since I was a baby, so I've seen it all - is when you exaggerate the truth, like Richard Pryor did, you understand?

Again Baby Best Comedy
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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me.

Chose Comedy Me Something
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'Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

Entourage Exaggeration People Pretty
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The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.

About Best Control Everything
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