Barbara Stanwyck Quotes

The wonderful thing about acting is they're always going to need old codgers!

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

What 'listo' means in Spanish is this: it means prepared, it means battle-tested, it means rock solid, up for anything, never backing down. And, friends, Hillary Clinton, she is listo!

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

I'm extemely competitive, so when people start counting me out or trying to categorise me, I sorta get hungry.

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.

Some people have called me pushy. Well, I call it determined.

I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

I'm just a stage actress. I'm very comfortable onstage.

You can act, or you can't. I'm sure a lot of people who are serious about acting would disagree, but I'm not really worried about them.

I don't get described as necessarily being aggressive. I don't know if 'laid-back' is the word. I think, if anything, what I would want people to say about me is, 'I think he had guts.'

Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.

I'm certainly not going to play any of Matt Damon's roles in the future. But he will eventually grow into mine, since he'll be around for a long time.

My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film.

To be able to work for 20 years as an actor in an industry that is not so predictable, I'm grateful every day. I'll do it till I drop, I guess - or drop out.

I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

What I love about working on 'Younger' is that it combines some of my favorite elements of both theatre and film.

I was known as a dogged, unflappable live reporter, the kind who runs barefoot to the camera, high heels in one hand, notebook in the other.

If you know me at all, I'm stubbornly proud to a fault.

If I want something, I will get it. I am the most ambitious person you have ever met.

I'd love to be an old actress and still be in a soap.

I'm not some little soft touch. I will never take a backward step when batting, but I want to be respected as a nice guy, too.

I want people to look back at my career and say, 'That guy never backed down from anyone.'

Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.