Lance Henriksen Quotes

My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.

I think that from day one, when it became clear that 'Wicked' was going to have a life, that we have set a standard for ourselves that we are never going to shortchange the audience; that every person that we put into that musical is going to be held to the highest standards; and that nobody is going to be coasting.

I believe in professionalism and I believe in putting on the best possible match regardless of the scenario for our audience.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

Let me say I was trained at Juilliard. I have a very high standard. I expect everybody around me to work equally as hard because people pay a lot of money for tickets. They demand the best that we have.

I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer.

You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film.

I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously. I take it seriously in that if someone pays me to do it I know I have to deliver.

I have always believed in quality work.

My dad was a really funny, really talented guy who had a great success in a limited audience. But from him, I learned that he always felt the audience was entitled to 150 per cent. If he was performing at an event, he'd keep playing until the last person had finished dancing.

I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.

Neil and I share a desire for great quality in our work. If we are offered projects, look at projects, or consider projects that don't have that quality, then we don't do them.

I want to only be part of films that are worth my time. I give my heart and soul for four-five months and I don't want that to go in vain.

I cannot be casual about my work.

I'm too professional, too much of a perfectionist to take my eye off the ball.

If you are elected to do a job, you are supposed to do it to the best of your ability.

I choose my films in a way that helps me do justice to all of them. Also, I like doing time-consuming films like 'Baahubali'; it's sometimes more rewarding than doing lots of small films.

I don't take any project lightly. Every project is important for me. In fact, every scene in every film is important.

To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played very serious.

I will try to give my 100% in the field and do my job.

There's no off nights. When you think it's an off night, it's not.

Everybody knows I work every single day, I never rest, and I always work to give my best to the fans.