Alfred Molina Quotes

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• I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations.
• I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying…
• The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an…
• To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.
• I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an…
• You're suspended sixty feet up in the air, you've been up there for three hours, and all the shot requires is that you have to…
• If anything, as a general rule, the cheaper the movie the more creative the experience, generally speaking. Its not to denigrate expensive movies. I dont…
• I never made conscious choices. There were times in my life that I chose the first job that came along because I was broke. I…
• The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like…
• I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play,…
• Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've…
• Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You…
• Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.
• Even at drama school if there was a part of some eastern European thug it would be me.
• I do remember being a fan of the Marvel characters and not liking the DC characters at all.
• I love playing villains.
• I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25…
• Music is an essential part of my life and I'm completely lost without a good album to listen to or my iPod in my pocket!
• When I get home after being away for work, my wife always stuffs the fridge with loads of what she calls 'nibbles' - all the…
• I love theater work because of the immediate effect your performance has on the audience. And I love the repetition; I love getting on the…

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