Cindy Morgan Quotes

Even though my face has gotten more familiar with doing 'China Beach' and 'The Wonder Years,' I'm the kind of actor that people thought, 'Gee, that guy looks familiar. He must have put my storm windows in. He works at my bank or something.'

There's more to me, you know? I'm not Macaulay Culkin, 'Home Alone' kid. I'm Macaulay Culkin... actor.

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.

A lot of the people who saw me in the 'Lethal Weapon' movies didn't even know I was a singer.

I'm not exactly the type of actress who does half a dozen films a year.

Sometimes people know I am an actor but are not really sure what I have been in.

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.

It's always great to see one of the actors I've worked with from 'Caddyshack' and 'TRON.' I run into them occasionally at events.

Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

I didn't get to see Predator until halfway through shooting. It was great to get an education while I was shooting because it made me excited to be part of this legacy.

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

I just want different parts; I wanna be that guy who people mention and they don't know who you're talking about until you say a few movies they've been in and then people are amazed that it's the same person.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.

I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.

No one ever comes up to me and says, 'Hey man, I loved your work in 'Road Trip.' They say, 'Are you that guy?' Like, they have no idea. 'Were you in 'American Pie 2?'

I'm a big Pacino fan. He's a great actor: so much passion and intensity.

I like Harvey Keitel. I liked him in 'Mean Streets.' I'm a fan.

I've been in more than 20 movies. You just do the best you can and try to make a living.

I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.

I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.