Ralph Macchio Quotes

I started in TV movies and then had success in my move to features with 'Night Shift' and 'Splash'.

Normally, I'd believe that the saying 'There's no small parts, only small actors' is a load of crock because, more often than not, actors relegated to the small-part category stay in 'Who was that guy from that thing' purgatory - however, '90s sitcom 'Friends' proved that the saying is true.

It's funny because when I got 'Jarhead' and 'Avatar' and all those movies, 'Leprechaun' still to this day airs on BET. I was thinking, 'Will they just let it go? I finally have a body of work that can speak much better to what I can do than just Leprechaun.'

'Trading Places' did more for my career than anything I'd ever done. It was a zonking great hit, and it was also just a joy to do.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.

Getting those parts in the Christopher Guest movies was the second biggest helper to my career after 'Fernwood.'

At the beginning of my career, I worked for a lot of people who nobody knew, who have come up to be people that everybody knows.

Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.

Most of the people I admire as actors didn't make it until their mid-30s: the Mark Ruffalos, the John Hawkeses of the world.

I went from auditioning for roles to being offered films directly.

My first film, 'Ishaqzaade,' did well, and I got four damn good films because of it.

Time moves on but Barbara Hershey's doing good and John Heard, they're all people working. I know there were a couple of kids in that movie who I used who have been in other movies since Beaches.

Before 'The OC,' I was on track to do some great films... and one thing happens, and then I got this mega-stardom all from this show.

I've actually had a great career in Hollywood. I've been a working actor my whole life.

I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.

I am not one of those actors who will abandon my flagship serial, my main claim to fame, just because I've done a hit movie.

At the beginning, when I did 'Yeh Saali Hai Zindagi,' I got a lot of love, which is ever increasing.

Post 'Chennai Express,' I got several offers from Hindi cinema, but nothing substantial came my way.

I have danced, sung, been a part of a reality show, and the outcome is that I am a part of 'Batla House' and 'Bharat,' which is a milestone.

I'm happy to be getting accolades for my role in 'Endrendrum Punnagai;' I'm getting powerful roles and would star glamourously if the script demanded so.

Most of the actresses I have worked with have started their career in South and then shifted to Bollywood.

I loved acting, and then acting led to writing, and writing led to directing, and directing lead to five movies, and I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

I have always made films with actors who became superstars.

It's really important that young people realise very rarely do you become an overnight success.