Julie Christie Quotes

What actually happened with 'Miracle' was that someone saw me in 'Jurassic Park' and said, 'We want someone with a white beard - how about him?' I've got a round face, white hair, a white beard. I can wear half-moon glasses and waddle a little, cope with a cane, raise my hat.

In films and TV, actors get chosen based on their capabilities, charisma and the image they carry.

I'm an actor; I'm vain - you want to look good.

I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that's what it is.

I'm an actor who plays an intriguing character, not a political pundit.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there.

I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that!

Movies are full of leading men, most of whom aren't working. It's much harder to find a good villain.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

I'm now more about romantic beauty. The dominatrix thing is over. You never look as good in person as you do in 'Maxim,' but it's fun. It's all like a fantasy.

I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.

As an actor, it's more interesting to play a nerd than anything else. It's a lot more fun - you don't worry about 'what's my hair like?' in the morning or 'which is my great angle?'

If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels.

I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent.

I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'You're just a pretty face,' but on 'Battlestar,' I'm not looking pretty every day. I'm pretty banged up.

I like anything with my face on it, just from an aesthetic point of view.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

You know, I remember watching Morgan Freeman when he did the two Alex Cross movies, and he's so confident that he's going to knock the scene dead. And I'm really confident that I can tell a good story now, so I just don't worry about things.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.