Hamish Linklater Quotes

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

I'd be lying if I said that it didn't suck to see Durant doing so well.

Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.

I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

I used to get really jealous of Ron Howard as Opie on 'The Andy Griffith Show' - we were the same age. I would just think, 'God, that little kid can work, and I can't!'

Envy, propelled by fear, can be even more toxic than anger, because it involves the thought that other people enjoy the good things of life which the envier can't hope to attain through hard work and emulation.

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.

When someone less capable is ahead of me, I am not pleased. It makes me insane.

I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.

Envy aims very high.

My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and I was looking at them with bitterness.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.