--- title: "12 Actor Quotes By Charles Dance" description: "12 Actor quotes by Charles Dance. Plus more from Charles Dance and more Actor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir_466726.jpg" --- > [I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir-i-want-to-be-an-actor/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir_466726.jpg) > [I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-but-it-is-a-question-of-time/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/charles-dance-10952_keep_i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-bu_1406720.jpg) > [You have to be selfish to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/charles-dance-10952_actor_you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor-22_2276240.jpg) > [I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-like-approbation-any-actor-who-tells-you-they-don-t-is-lying/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-like-approbation-any-actor-who-tells-y_2473966.jpg) > [I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-ve-got-a-range-as-an-actor-there-was-a-time-i-played-dramatic/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-ve-got-a-range-as-an-actor-there-was-a_2054654.jpg) > [Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/actors-can-t-retire-if-actors-retired-there-would-be-nobody-left-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/charles-dance-10952_actor_actors-can-t-retire-if-actors-retired-th_713880.jpg) > [I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-think-it-s-counterproductive-for-actors-to-come-to-the-set-with/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-think-it-s-counterproductive-for-actor_1218820.jpg) > [My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/my-face-lends-itself-to-austere-characters-and-unless-they-re-two/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/charles-dance-10952_actor_my-face-lends-itself-to-austere-characte_489832.jpg) > [Runners are the lowest of the low in film units. They're paid very, very minimal wages - probably below the national average.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-film-units-they-re-paid-very/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/charles-dance-10952_about_runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-fil_2783162.jpg) > [I got a lot of energy from directing the film 'Ladies In Lavender.' You wonder if you have the stamina because as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-got-a-lot-of-energy-from-directing-the-film-ladies-in-lavender-you/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-got-a-lot-of-energy-from-directing-the_1147674.jpg) > [Audiences seem to have a limitless appetite for vampires and for fantasy in general. Unlike many other British actors, I haven't been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/audiences-seem-to-have-a-limitless-appetite-for-vampires-and-for/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/charles-dance-10952_actor_audiences-seem-to-have-a-limitless-appet_1353564.jpg) > [The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/the-quality-of-writing-attracts-me-to-films-also-who-the-other-actors/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/charles-dance-10952_actor_the-quality-of-writing-attracts-me-to-fi_131114.jpg) ## Other authors on Actor - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ian-mckellen-42951.jpg) Ian Mckellen 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/ian-mckellen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-caine-66979.jpg) Michael Caine 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/michael-caine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-spacey-56911.jpg) Kevin Spacey 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/kevin-spacey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-albee-31692.jpg) Edward Albee 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/edward-albee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-serkis-13212.jpg) Andy Serkis 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/andy-serkis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-hopkins-14098.jpg) Anthony Hopkins 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/anthony-hopkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-pacino-10179.jpg) Al Pacino 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/al-pacino/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-viola-davis-93837.jpg) Viola Davis 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/viola-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lithgow-51813.jpg) John Lithgow 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/john-lithgow/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clint-eastwood-24620.jpg) Clint Eastwood 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/clint-eastwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daniel-radcliffe-26550.jpg) Daniel Radcliffe 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/daniel-radcliffe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-christopher-walken-24017.jpg) Christopher Walken 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/christopher-walken/) ## More by Charles Dance > [I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-was-a-window-dresser-for-burton-s-once-what-really-put-me-off-was/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. Any or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/the-quality-of-writing-attracts-me-to-films-also-who-the-other-actors/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/you-have-to-attempt-to-be-objective-about-yourself/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [If you get a bad script, then you start expending energy trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear. When the script's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-you-get-a-bad-script-then-you-start-expending-energy-trying-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir-i-want-to-be-an-actor/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/most-feature-films-are-35-40-shooting-days/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/my-face-lends-itself-to-austere-characters-and-unless-they-re-two/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-have-a-label-stuck-on-you-people-tend-to-believe-it-if/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [I would have liked to have worked with Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield, but they're dead now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-would-have-liked-to-have-worked-with-ralph-richardson-and-paul/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-i-was-to-put-a-little-flag-in-everywhere-i-ve-been-in-the-world/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-get-to-a-certain-age-the-work-begins-to-thin-out/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/actors-can-t-retire-if-actors-retired-there-would-be-nobody-left-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [ Because \[writers\] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It serves no… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/because-writers-dan-weiss-and-david-benioff-have-done-such-a-great/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [There is a huge fan base; they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the series, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-knowledgeable-and-very-loyal-i/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) > [We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/we-have-to-take-risks-in-british-television-it-has-to-stop-playing-to/) [Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/charles-dance/#itemlist", "name": "12 Actor Quotes By Charles Dance", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir-i-want-to-be-an-actor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir_466726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir_466726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/charles-dance-10952_actor_i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir_466726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.” — Charles Dance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-but-it-is-a-question-of-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/charles-dance-10952_keep_i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-bu_1406720.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/charles-dance-10952_keep_i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-bu_1406720.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/charles-dance-10952_keep_i-like-to-keep-up-with-london-theatre-bu_1406720.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.” — Charles Dance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to be selfish to be an actor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/charles-dance-10952_actor_you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor-22_2276240.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/charles-dance-10952_actor_you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor-22_2276240.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/charles-dance-10952_actor_you-have-to-be-selfish-to-be-an-actor-22_2276240.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have to be selfish to be an actor.” — Charles Dance", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like approbation. 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It's kind of the same as taking advantage of nurses - it's appalling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dance" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-film-units-they-re-paid-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/charles-dance-10952_about_runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-fil_2783162.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/charles-dance-10952_about_runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-fil_2783162.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/charles-dance-10952_about_runners-are-the-lowest-of-the-low-in-fil_2783162.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Runners are the lowest of the low in film units. 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