Anthony Michael Hall Quotes

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.

Not only do I sing to him, I sing entire conversations. You become Jerry Lewis.

It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

I've been told that I'm good at impersonating people.

I love doing impressions and I love doing accents.

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new.

Class clowns become actors.

When I was a child, I was referred to as the Danny Kaye of the family, because I was always impersonating and mimicking people. I was a song and dance man.

Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating.

It's something that people relate to - and I hope my kid doesn't relate to - but there's a level of believability in playing complex characters. You know, Christopher Walken has done some hilarious comedies, De Niro. There's great room for complexity and darkness to do well in comedies.

I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!

I love doing impersonations of people.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

I'm known for impressions and family stories.

Even my great grand-mother did impressions.

I did theatrical caricatures.

We are entertainers. We're trying to entertain people.