Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.

I hope that I have gained the reputation of being someone that would do anything. I think that that's an admirable reputation to have if you're an actor.

Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

When a film doesn't do well, people start doubting you as an actor.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I'm at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

A lot of people didn't realize that I acted before I did anything else.

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!

I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

I want people to look at my films and say 'Wow, she's a good actress', and I know I'll have to work hard for that.

I've been a very lucky actor.

I've been doing this long enough that you can tell when people have seen you in something they didn't enjoy, and when they have seen you in something they actually enjoyed.

I was beginning to think I was typecast in everyone's mind out there as a serial killer. I played a serial killer in one movie, I was the ghost of a serial killer in another and in a third, a computer-generated serial killer. The stage looks pretty good after those roles.

Being typecast is a great thing for an actor. I was considered one of the New York mob actors.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, 'Oh he must be good.' All the while you're the same actor.

I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.'

I had two ambitions: One was to be in The Actors Studio, and the other was to walk into a bar where actors hung out, and everyone would know that I was a professional actor and I would be accepted.

I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.

I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.

I've felt the pressure of wanting to be known as a young actress rather than just Alisha from 'Misfits'.

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.