Stephen Collins Quotes

If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it.

But I loved the script to 7th Heaven and couldn't say no. It made me laugh and cry, and I was hooked. I'd love to know who turned it down, because I'm sure at least one other actor did. But I'm glad he did, whoever it was.

I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

Emotional information is very, very rich in influence. You're giving somebody something to connect with, to see themselves in.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

'Premam' moved me; it was almost like seeing life play out on screen.

When I read, I don't need a character to look like me, act like me, or think like me. I don't need to have my heart broken. I don't need to be surprised or amused or challenged, and I don't need to swoon.

I've really had a great career. It's been part fortune and part my own choices that steered my own career into playing the great roles that I've played on stage in Australia and at the National and West End in London and on Broadway.

I don't want to say it's nice to see people cry, because of course it isn't, but there's something really emotional and lovely about seeing the impact you're having on someone's life.

I was 16 and standing on Tottenham Court Road when this woman came over and asked me if I was an actress. She wanted me to audition for an online drama she was directing. I had time to kill, so I thought, 'Why not?'

My approach to selecting a film is very simple - it should touch my heart.

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't. It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another.

When an opportunity comes knocking, you don't necessarily have to open your door. But you owe it to yourself to at least look through the keyhole.

That's why I fell in love with country music: it made me feel something.

I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.

I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

The most incredible part of seeing people embrace and recognize my music is experiencing the lives of people when they are powerfully affected, encouraged, and personally impacted.

'Ghost World' was such an incredibly difficult episode to find the right tone for. I remember at the time it was very divisive because some people hated it - they thought it was cheesy and hokey - and I loved it. When I saw it, I cried my head off, and I was so happy.

You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!'

Any piece of art has the potential to emotionally touch you and nudge you.

Music can inspire immediate emotional reactions, even if the only person who hears it is the person creating it.

I love theater. Just, it never spoke to me.

You are going to love some of your characters because they are you or some facet of you, and you are going to hate some of your characters for the same reason.