Tommy Bond Quotes

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've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.

I'm convinced that I've been hired for jobs because I can cry on cue.

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

When I see an emotion being enacted by a great actor, I always feel I can never do that.

Even when you look at, like, movies with some of our famous celebrities, they don't really cry and bring out their tears until, like, forced.

I think personal growth has much to do with acting ability.

Emotional power is maybe the most valuable thing that an actor can have.

Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.

One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five page monologue to give off the feeling of what he could say with just a single look.

Growing up on a set is completely different than coming onto a brand new set for the first time.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work.

Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but I could definitely knock out three lines. I'd kill it.

The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them, 'Ok, be sad now.'

I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.

Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.

I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.