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> [It took a long time for me to have any impact in the business because I didn't look like an actor, I didn't sound like an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/it-took-a-long-time-for-me-to-have-any-impact-in-the-business-because/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

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## More by Brian Dennehy

> [I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-m-not-in-the-movie-business-anymore-and-hardly-any-70-year-olds-are/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/from-1965-to-1974-i-served-the-best-possible-apprenticeship-for-an/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/if-i-could-transform-my-stage-life-to-the-movies-i-d-be-jack-nicholson/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-lied-about-serving-in-vietnam-and-i-m-sorry-i-did-not-mean-to-take/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/no-one-would-ever-cast-me-as-an-aristocrat-i-think-the-big-thing/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-father-had-a-good-sense-of-humour-about-a-lot-of-things-including/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-father-was-a-classic-intellectual-from-him-i-learned-devotion-and/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-m-not-one-of-these-people-who-likes-to-do-as-little-as-possible-i/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/as-the-stars-make-more-and-more-money-one-person-gets-12-million-14/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/theater-is-a-physical-activity-as-much-as-anything-it-s-harder-for-me/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-come-from-an-irish-catholic-family-and-hell-raising-is-part-of-the/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-grandfather-was-a-really-really-tough-no-nonsense-factory-worker/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/call-me-old-fashioned-but-i-believe-that-morality-is-not-just-a/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/what-really-matters-is-that-you-do-what-you-think-is-right-what-you/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-idolize-gene-hackman-he-is-not-a-natural-star-not-an-incandescent/)

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