Rafe Spall Quotes

It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

I don't get starstruck by Hollywood celebrities as I'm not into films.

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

Even though I never worked with her, it was still really cool to have Brooke Shields on set. She was so nice and so funny.

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.

Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done.

Oh absolutely. I had the pleasure to get to know a lot of really talented young actors before they even really hit it big. And yet what we all had and shared in common was a love for movies.

I've done a lot of movies, but my favorite was 'Blind Faith.'

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

Being in front of the camera was like coming home. The first time I saw myself on the big screen, it was in a trailer for 'The New Guy', and I just started screaming.

I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life.

Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept.

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work.

Movies were invented for Jimmy Cagney, and he was invented for the movies. A perfect match.

When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved... or star in a movie.

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.

I'm not a strikingly handsome guy, but I'm in movies.

If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.