Anthony LaPaglia Quotes

I would say that Emma Stone and Emma Watson are two very talented young actresses who are very intelligent and have a great sense of humor and have learned to balance what they love with their acting career, and I think that's really a great thing.

Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good businesswoman.

I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

Jennifer Lawrence is so talented and so lovely. She has a real ability to connect with people.

Courteney Cox is such a great actress.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

I'd love to work with Michelle Williams. I think that she's incredible. She's such a great actress and I love her.

Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

I loved working with Jamie Lee Curtis, and I felt she was a wonderful actress even that early in her career.

I've worked with Hollywood stars, but the reason most of the Hollywood stars I've worked with are Hollywood stars is that they're excellent actors, so I've been very lucky.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

I do still sit back and wonder when I'm in LA if this is all really true or is it all kid-on. But it's great. I always bear in mind that the right place and time have a huge deal to do with it, and there are hugely talented actors who haven't had that break.

I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

Being a leading man can come in many different forms.

We all know that a beautiful face is an important aspect of an actor's personality if he or she wants to make it big in Bollywood.

I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be.

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.