Jason Statham Quotes

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

You know those actors who have a sense for how they should be used? I don't think I have that.

There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk.

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

All over the world, actors and actresses are chosen for their performing skills. Not how they look or what they wear. It is all about how they act, how they emote.

I know my limitations as an actor.

During the screen test for 'Red Widow' was the first time anyone ever told me that I was good at auditioning.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

Some people said my acting was a cross between Euell Gibbons, Rodney Allen Rippy and Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.

I don't think many actors are that good, to be honest. I certainly don't think I am.

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'

I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.

My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak clearly and was well behaved, basically. I don't think he had any amazing acting ability at that age - although he is actually a great actor.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

People are confusing me with a good actor when I'm just a good mimic. When someone asks me to play a nun from the fifteenth century, you'll see what I mean.