Judd Nelson Quotes

A lot of times, I feel like people come up to me because they think I'm like my character in 'Easy A', or because they've seen me in interviews, but really what they're a fan of is a movie or a character.

People seem to sometimes have a difficulty drawing that line between the character and the person.

Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.

It's hard for people to differentiate between a character they see on television and a person who plays the character.

Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling.

I'm not a nerd, I play one on TV.

I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.

As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

It annoys me when people can't differentiate between the character and the actor, which is a little bit silly.

It is a fine line to be this PG superstar and also a role model and a bad guy and playing off our personality.

When I'm not wearing makeup, when I'm not in front of the camera, I can be just Hrithik. I can sit with my watchman or with the spot boy and chat with him. I do that. Which is why I am able to differentiate between the person I am and the persona that is projected. It's not the person people are crazy about, it's the persona, it's the magic of the movies and you have to understand that.

The more I protest that I'm not Lemony Snicket, and that I'm Daniel Handler instead, the more it becomes clear to the audience that I am in fact Lemony Snicket, that I am in fact standing in front of them.

The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.

As a game-show host, what I'm thinking and what I'm experiencing doesn't matter. My opinion doesn't matter. So there's a flattened reality to it. It's fun to do. But it's certainly not myself in totality - or even maybe a little bit.

I've always said it's flattering to be desired, just as it's flattering that people accept the reality of the character you play. But it was always ridiculous to assume that because I could play a gigolo on screen I'd play anything like that role off screen.

At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see.

People just - they don't really know me. They see me on "The Simple Life," they think that's really who I am.

A lot of being an actor is being something that people imagine you to be.

Ice Cube is the piece of me that I give away to the public.

There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.

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.

Roles make the actor.

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.