Simon McBurney Quotes

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'

Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

'Cuckoo's Nest' was my first film, and I had wanted to do film for some time, but somehow I had not clicked. I would go in for interviews or readings, and I never had the sense that I was anywhere near what they were looking for.

I have been offered so many parts in movies and I just think it's so outrageous as I've never really done acting or things like that.

I want to be in R-rated movies.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway.

I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but I could definitely knock out three lines. I'd kill it.

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

I don't want to say, 'I want to be in Hollywood,' like so many actors do, but I know that Hollywood is still making good movies, and I'd like to be part of that someday.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I do big parts, I do small parts, I do cameos - but I've allowed myself a pat on the back, because I realized that I've been working in Hollywood now since 1973.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time.

My goal has always been to be a working actor.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.