Who Quotes by Holt McCallany

The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.

— Holt McCallany

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter',…

— Holt McCallany

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull',…

— Holt McCallany

I love the whole world of boxing and the sense of community that exists there.

— Holt McCallany

Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning.…

— Holt McCallany

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as…

— Holt McCallany

If you're going to play a champion athlete, people expect you to look a certain way, and you also have to have the stamina…

— Holt McCallany

You have to really think about what kind of guy the character is and decide on a style that works, that complements my physicality…

— Holt McCallany

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw…

— Holt McCallany

I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to get into…

— Holt McCallany

You've got to wake up every morning and believe, 'I was born to do this.'

— Holt McCallany

As an actor, you very rarely have the experience of picking up a script and getting a few pages into it and realizing that…

— Holt McCallany