Jon Pertwee Quotes

Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that's all I would ever be given.

It become totally untenable to me that after acting for 25 years - I've played Juliet, Cleopatra and Anne Frank - there I was, sitting in Hollywood, just waiting for somebody to want me.

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.

It sounds so dramatic, but I'll say it: Hollywood just doesn't know what to do with me. And it's not for lack of trying.

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

After acting in a critically acclaimed film like 'Kaaka Muttai,' I didn't get any offers for more than a year.

Not much changed post-'Raazi.' I didn't get too many offers.

I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out.

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.

I left 'Dr Who' after 18 months, as my character was going nowhere. In truth, I wished I had never gone into it. Afterwards, all the scripts that came my way were for 15-year olds.

I'm the first to admit that I never achieved my potential as an actress.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills.

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion, and there just weren't many parts for lions.

There are a lot of good actors who work forever and never make one good thing.

The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'

I make things of my own that aren't that glam, but I'm not known for that, which has always been a bit of a frustration for me.

From the time I was 16 to really up until turning 21, the roles were really, really few and far between. I had people say that I just wasn't a good singer. They didn't know what to do with me; I would never fit in any markets. I almost quit acting altogether.

2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.

To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

After Star Trek, I was with the top agencies, but producers and directors did not know what to do with me.

The crushing, pitiful, and frequently just plain risible pathos of an unsuccessful actor/performer's life is well charted.

I was very proud of my father, and I admired him, but I always thought he was more interesting than the shows he was working on.