Mario Cantone Quotes

That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.

Your biggest failure is the thing you dreamed of contributing but didn't find the guts to do.

Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.

Had I done the movies that were offered to me in my prime, at the height of my career, I would have been alongside the likes of Denzel Washington. But, I chose not to do those movies.

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.

Like everybody in show business, you think you're going to wake up one day, and it's all going to be taken away from you. I think we all share an insecurity in that way, everybody in show business - the ones I talk to, anyway.

I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

Sometimes I think I should have stayed longer and I should have done more films.

I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.

I can't act!

I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But a lot of time I'm not.

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

I'm sure there have been missed opportunities, with films I've turned down that went on to be successful, but everyone in the industry has had that happen.

I am never happy with what I do, so I try not to watch stuff that is filmed with me in it because I am always like, 'Oh, I could have done that a little bit better,' or, 'I could have done that differently - that riff could have been a little better.'

It looks like I'm this huge shark going in for the kill... I don't know what I was thinking.

I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities.

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!

I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know.

I don't regret anything I haven't done.