Nate Torrence Quotes

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

I didn't want to be a hero and get into the mould but the film industry doesn't work like that. It has a habit of branding you in a specific image to market you easily.

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

I was the leading star in 1945. I slowed down my pace of acting assignments after I came into direction.

My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

I didn't work for a couple of years after the Oscar because everybody kept offering me bad versions of Lynda Dummar.

Whenever I meet people, they call me Bittu of Stree or Omkar of Dangal. And I believe not many people know that I'm the brother of Ayushmann.

Honestly, till the time each and every movie-goer knows about me, I will not stop doing multiple films a year.

It is because of Navketan that I became a movie star.

After the release of movies like 'Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy' and 'Amirtham,' I was branded as an actress who can do only homely roles.

I was 12 when I decided that I wanted to see myself on the big screen.

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and I've done very few of those. I've got a feeling it's going to change things for me.

Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie.

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.'

I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.