Patrick Lussier Quotes

Over the course of my career, I've had the great fortune of working with some incredible filmmakers who have protected me and inspired me and taught me what an honor it is to work in film.

It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting over being star-struck by somebody like Ian McKellen because he has such a long prestigious history in the business, but then seeing how he works on the camera; you never stop learning.

It was a great learning experience to work with James Stewart.

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

Working with directors like Gurinder Chadha was a learning experience for me.

I have worked with good directors, and I consider myself very lucky because I think that it is very important.

I have no qualms approaching directors who I know will help me grow as an actor.

I don't see myself as successful because I've worked on only a handful of films. The way I look at it, if you're really, really lucky, if you consistently work hard over the course of ten years, if you refuse to take no for an answer, if you surround yourself with great mentors and are a sponge, willing to learn, then you're bound for something to happen.

I have a lot of stories. I had done a thing called Nightmare in Red White and Blue, which was an anthology of horror films. I narrated it with a man named Joe Maddrey, who's a writer. He came to my house and said, "Lance would you consider doing this?," and I like Joe so much that I completely relaxed.

I was lucky to receive help at the beginning of my career and now I want to help other writers as much as I can.

I didn't read the script [ Rules Don't Apply ] for a couple years. It basically amounted to this kind of apprenticeship with Warren [Beatty]: conversations and learning about his whole background in the film industry and his life.

Having worked with Amitabh Bachchan was an exhilarating as well a great learning experience.

As you think about developing people through their careers, you're looking for that transition from being the smartest person in the room - and caring so much about that - to being the most effective.

I'm honored to be asked by Stephanie Allain - whom I've long admired - to add to the scope of my programming purview at Film Independent. I salute David Ansen for his work with the festival and look forward to continuing to follow his example.

My brother advises me on what kind of films to do, which directors to work with and which scripts have potential.

I always love being an actor for the simple fact that, whenever you do a job, you have to read a lot of stuff that you've never read before; you explore things, and generally you meet experts in lots of fields, and you get to absorb that information and make it look like you've done it for 20 years.

I learned a lot while I was ACing and gripping for other DPs as I was coming up.

I learned a lot from Direk Brillante Mendoza and Bing Lao.

When I get to work with someone like Prabhu Dheva at the beginning on my career, why would I say no?

Working alongside Tony Schiavone was pivotal in my growth as a broadcaster.

My father and my grandfather always watch my films and share their feedback with me. It helps me a lot in my own career.

I was a playwright who was still learning the ropes when Starz took a chance on me to create and showrun 'Vida.' They nurtured and supported me during every step of the strenuous process, and that is a debt that cannot be repaid.

When I used to be a contract player in 1954 at Universal, I wasn't getting good roles. I was getting one-liners, and then I'd be gone. But I'd hang around; I'd watch guys. And when I had days off, which was most days, I'd go down and watch other sets while they were shooting. Watch Joan Crawford or whomever. Just watch how they worked and how the director handled them. I didn't know anything about making movies, and there's a lot to learn.

I've been doing stand-up 29 years; there is no other career when you're finding your stride 30 years into it.

A large part of the reason I want to be so mysterious is so that I can move on and do something serious at some point in my career X years from now. It might be very difficult otherwise, because I'm... wild