Danny Strong Quotes

I want to be the Denzel of acting and the Michael Jackson of music.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

There are so many reasons why, for me, writing is superior to acting. One of them is anonymity. Writers can live relatively normal lives.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

I don't admire actors so much, actually.

I don't want to become a star. I never wished to become an actor, even when I am here. When you decide to become an actor, you've to choose why you're doing it. Are you doing it to become an actor or because you want to be famous? I am doing it because I love being in front of the camera.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.

I have seen so many poets who were famous, who won all sorts of prizes, disappear with their death. I write as good as I can and don't try to turn that into some hope for a future that I could never know.

It's just about being an entertainer; it's about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing a bit of piano, running a quiz show - it just becomes part of the job.

I have always had a career, be it modeling, reality TV, or even my not-so-great films.

Constance Wu is so dedicated, Anna Kendrick is ridiculously funny, and Blake Lively is magnetic.

I've never wanted to be famous. That has never been a part of any dream. I do remember being little and thinking I might want to be a singer. But not a famous singer - just, like, a singer.

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like the idea of developing over time.

Actors are bloody marvelous at hiding.

If you're an up-and-coming star, and you want to do well, then a show like 'The X Factor' is really important.

There are actors who have never gotten an Oscar and have done amazing work.

There are so many people who make their debut every day in B-Town, and there is no competition among a particular section of actors. Everybody is talented, and all actors are trying to make their mark in the industry. No one is competing with another person.

After six years of doing it, the weird thing on 'Towie' is that we can't explain to people that we're famous. We're doing a show where we have to act like normal people.

I'm having a ball on 'Glee.' It's a joy to be working there - the whole cast is so talented.

I've worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.