Mick Foley Quotes

I've always wanted to appear in a 3-D Movie, that's always been a goal of mine. If you appear in a 3-D picture you are a shoo-in for an Oscar. There's no competition.

I've done quite a few big American films.

I know one thing; I'll never win an Academy Award.

I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into an imaginary world that I'd seen at a distance for years.

My goal as an actor has always been to reach a level where I can find a lot of interesting work, and I think I'm at that point now. The Oscar has given me a lot of recognition.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.

'Wall Street' was a very important movie for me in terms of my career. I won an Oscar, and then the film 'Fatal Attraction' came right after it.

I can remember before 'Rain Man,' I just couldn't get in on anything, any features. After that and it winning the Oscar - the next year, I co-starred in six movies.

'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.

I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar.

I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do.

I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.

I want to tackle the award-winning films. I want to be seen as an actor-actor.

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the idea of me being an actor.

I've watched people in these movies like Bradley Cooper in 'Yes Man' become these giant stars themselves.

I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.

But obviously you don't want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.

The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?

'Merlin' was a big step; it was my first big role in a show.

You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.

Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down.

That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offered more movies. It doesn't matter if you're a nice guy or you're a prick. If your movies do well, there's a job waiting for you in Hollywood. It's not any more complicated than that.

A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.

I've seen all the Judd Apatow movies, and I'd love to have a really funny little part in one of them some day.