Get Quote by John Cleese Download Open image “Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.” — John Cleese ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Get I can I write Leadership Only Role Way Well Write
It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're getting into… — Jesse Plemons Copy Share Image
I'm not a leading man; I don't think I've got the face of a leading man, and I don't think, ever in my life,… — Toby Kebbell Copy Share Image
I'm not a leading man. I'm a character actor. That's what I want to be. — Dave Bautista Copy Share Image
That's something I would love to do - play leading roles and really hold it on my own in those leading roles. — Letitia Wright Copy Share Image
It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I'm hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the… — Alexander Koch Copy Share Image
Could you ever call me a 'leading man?' Not really. It's not that I don't want leading man roles, but there's only so many,… — William Fichtner Copy Share Image
I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one. — Brion James Copy Share Image
I've never had any delusions about being a leading man, and it's not sour grapes to say that in the best films that I've… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I have a problem with the term 'leading man.' It's so limiting; it involves not upsetting anyone. Obviously, we have anti-heroes now, but if… — Jimmi Simpson Copy Share Image
Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay... you're either free to… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I wish you wusses would stop whining about your unhappiness. I'm really fed up with it. Pour yourself a scotch and pull yourself together.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic. — John Whiting Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is.… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism. — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
