Henry Rollins Quotes

People sometimes say, 'Oh, you were a movie star,' and I'm like, 'No, I was a supporting actress.' I wasn't an A-list actress, and I'm fine with that. I'm proud of what I did in film.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor', I beg you to slap me.

As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.

I'm just a working actor.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

I'm just a character actor.

I am no champion, no great name, just a small actor who loves working for cinema.

I just don't think I'm special because I'm an actor and I never would. Of course I take what I do seriously because I love doing it, and I love being in films and making films, but I don't take myself seriously.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

I'm a journeyman actor.

I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.

I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.

I really love being a character actor.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

It doesn't interest me to be Harrison Ford. It interests me to be Mike Pomeroy and Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan. I don't want to be in the Harrison Ford business. I take what I do seriously, but I don't take myself seriously.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

As an actor, it's much easier for me to get work in the movies because nobody knows who I am except for the work that I've done in another movie. I really enjoy that.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun.

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.

I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.

I never pretended to be a great actor.