Simon Pegg Quotes

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

I love movies, I love television and I know that the kind of stuff I love to watch and that's what I want to do.

I have been working professionally in the entertainment industry since I was six.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

Actors get bored.

Being a regular in a television series, for me - if I wanted to be a cop, I woulda went to cop school. If I wanted to be a doctor, I would've gone to medical school. You get trapped in your normal episodic television shows, basically doing the same thing.

I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

My greatest satisfaction in acting on television is to have the opportunity to communicate with the world.

In a work capacity I'm only interested in acting and producing.

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.

My first real showbiz job was on a Nickelodeon show called 'Hey, Dude.' That was my first real paid scriptwriting job.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I grew up on M*A*S*H and All In The Family and Cheers. And then around this time, this would have been '95, '96, I was so into Friends and Mad About You, the idea of being on a sitcom became a very real thing that I wanted. It was not so much a relief. It was really exciting. It's an amazing thing to be in front of an audience.

I get approached to do shows all the time. There's a lot of money in sitcoms, but I've never been the kind of guy who wanted to do one. I don't think people want to see me saying "Honey, I'm home." It's just not my thing.

Acting as a career is a long term thing and that work is kind of progressive and you can build on a career. It's part of the great tradition of the theater to me.

I love doing both theater and television. I definitely foresee more Broadway, but I think I would like to keep the singing and the TV separate.

I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living the fantasy. My worst day is a great day.

The best that can be said for Norwegian television is that it gives you the sensation of a coma without the worry and inconvenience.

I'll always be attached to telly in one way or another, whether it's a character or producer or director, I just love the medium.

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

Acting is my passion, but I like hosting shows, too.

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.

Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a commitment to increasing your company's value in the future.