James Nesbitt Quotes

It's nice when someone knows their lines.

What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.

Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At the same time, I'll never quit working in the theater - until I can't memorize two lines back to back.

I was no thespian.

Actors get bored.

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.

I'm an actor. I want to do drama.

When I am doing a role, I don't think that I am getting to wear a mini skirt or show my stomach. I am doing a role because I am an actor.

In New Mexico, my local church did a nativity play, and I was cast as Wise Man #3. Of course, Wise Man #3 had no damn lines. Wise Man #1 had all the lines! I stood there thinking, 'I could do that role so much better!' From that moment on, I knew I wanted to be an actor.

I normally go through every single line as part of my warm-up before a show. When I'm working on a film or TV programme, there often isn't a rehearsal, so I tend to learn my lines much later. They are often shorter, too, so they're essentially just there.

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.

If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.

I really like acting in English.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

Reading great dialogue as an actor is such a rare privilege.

I started drama in high school.

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.

I'm an actor; I hire out.

I played comedies and dramas.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

I like actors - I used to be one.