I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of being an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
