Lionel Stander Quotes

I'm serious about the music, but I'm not serious about the fantasy. It's no big deal being on TV!

This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.

This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at.

There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.

We take the show very seriously, but we don't take ourselves seriously.

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

I've made a commitment to concentrate on my career as an entertainer.

One thing that took a while to really adjust to was, you do it for the the art, for the money, for being together and having a good time, but you do it for all those people out there who really care about the show. We are now talking about a show we did over 20 years ago.

I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.

I feel like there's a currency to your personal life and your performance - your acting, your work. If that personal life starts to outweigh what the work is, then your work suffers. Your actual performance suffers because the audience won't see the character, they'll see you.

The most important thing I learned from Dad about show business was never take myself seriously and never stop having fun with my craft.

I take fancy dress very seriously. I mean incredibly seriously.

I support a lot of causes, but I do it privately. My profession shouldn't be a platform.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I think everyone respects Rock. He's obviously been in our industry his entire life in some form or fashion. He's a guy that works really hard, and most of our performers can appreciate that one way or another, whether it's in the movie industry or our industry.

I take my job really, really seriously. I also take being a citizen very seriously.

Promos have always been something that I've taken very, very seriously.

I'm definitely not joking around on set.

That's a dangerous combination, serious and rock 'n' roll. But yeah, I'm pretty serious. I've been at this a long time, and it takes a certain amount of seriousness.

The Miz is someone who people are usually like, 'I can't believe how well he's doing. I can't believe this. I can't believe that.' But to me, he's someone who really always defined what it takes to becomes a successful public persona and in-ring entertainer, and to me, that's being authentic.

Every night, I don't care if I'm doing interviews that day or photo shoots that day, what's most important is that I'm making sure I'm right and tight for the show. These people all come out to see me, so I have to perform and make sure that they never forget it.

I don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander. You have to have dance parties all day and night, and you always have to be excited about having a dance party. You have to have a dance party in Milan one day, and then wake up and have a dance party at, like, four in the morning on national television in L.A. the next day. The hours are insane.

Russell Crowe is very committed at getting it right but at the same time, he likes to have fun.

Sometimes I'm dragging my ass out to the airport at 8 a.m. on a Saturday and I'm wondering why I'm doing this, but once I walk on stage I know why...because I'm addicted.