Ron Moody Quotes

If you judge me only by my profession, you don't know me at all. Those people who do that? They'll never know me.

I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up.

I would love to do Broadway again.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

In Hollywood, what they last saw you in is what you are. It's hard to break away from that.

One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.

All my roots are Broadway. I got my Equity Card doing a Broadway show, and my first love is theater.

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

My career is as an actress. I am an actress playing a comedienne.

I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.

Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves.

There's probably some misunderstanding of who I am and how I roll.

One character mistook me for the model and remarked 'That Man-Tan sure works wonders!' That ain't Man-Tan. I'm tan, man. From my head to my toes.

As far as fan perception, it's probably worse than it should be. I think it's getting better, but I think I still get perceived based on the things I did earlier in my career.

I did a radio interview; the DJ's first question was "Who are you?" I had to think. Is this guy really deep, or did I drive to the wrong station?

I would like to break out of this "dark, brooding" image, cause I'm actually not like that at all. In Ireland, brooding is a term we use for hens. A brooding hen is supposed to lay eggs. Everytime somebody says "He's dark and brooding" I think: "He's about to lay an egg".

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? Hamlet: Excellent well. You are a fishmonger.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.

Wait a minute man, who do you think I am? He answered, Mr. Springsteen.

Uh, my lord, I am not actually food. You do realize this, yes?

Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.

I’m not anything that you think I am.

I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.