William Fichtner Quotes

I started in theater; I did theater in New York for 14 years before I even thought about doing movies - I never thought about being in a film; it just never occurred to me.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

I really only did theater in school in college. I did summer stock a couple of times in the summer, and plays that the school put on. But I knew I wanted to be in movies.

I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that.

If you look at any of the greats, from people like Paul Newman and Robert Redford to, you know, Brad Pitt - to get any of the kinds of roles like the ones that they've gotten, or just to be a part of any of the kinds of movies they've made, would be the end-all for me.

I've had a very full career in the theater, on stage, in films and on television.

We were both [ with Russel Crowe] hand-plucked to do [The Quick and the Death]. He had done Romper Stomper and I had done Gilbert Grape and so we were hand- plucked to do this big budget film. So we were both very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

My career is doing well both in Tollywood as well as Bollywood.

I want to act in films such as 'My Left Foot' and 'A Beautiful Mind.'

Most of the actresses I have worked with have started their career in South and then shifted to Bollywood.

In 1983 I was still playing small to middling parts.

I want to be in R-rated movies.

I always wanted to be an actor, and I wanted to be a part of good movies. Wherever I get to do these two things, it's enough for me.

I would love to be an actress!

I left acting school really hoping that I could be on a television show of some sort, working in movies in Hollywood.

I want to become a Hollywood film star. I genuinely would love to be in some movies.

I enjoyed all my films equally. I have loved working in all the movies which I signed. Whenever I used to like the script and the director only then I would say yes for the movie otherwise it was a complete no.

Never, never in my life did I have it in my mind to become an actress or be part of a film.

When I was in a couple of movies in the '80s, I was winging it.

In films, maybe I was lost or typecast.

I was doing specialisation in advertising. I had no interest in acting. One of my friends, who was doing specialisation in films, made a short film casting me. Luckily, I got a break, and my acting career took off.

I got to work alongside Alexandra Shipp, who plays Storm in 'X-Men: Apocalypse', so that was really cool for me.

My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was actually working in theater at the time. I had a small role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is a huge prestigious theater company back in England. I honestly thought that was as good as it got.

I love acting, and that's my passion. So I would love to do more movies and some serious things