Bobby Farrelly Quotes

My favourite actor is Denzel Washington, he's a smooth character so he could play me too!

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

I've always thought Ed Burns was a profoundly underrated actor. He's a great director, obviously. A great director/writer. But I think he's a stunning actor, too.

I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.

Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.

Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

It's no accident that Tony Hopkins is a wonderful film actor.

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius.

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I've seen actors do that. But often it's a mechanical transformation, which isn't as interesting, and you've got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.

I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time.

When people see me in something and say, 'That's just you - that's not acting,' it's the best compliment I can get.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.

I love watching Samuel L. Jackson do anything, but for me, Gary Oldman is the grandmaster of the game.

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.

We've always had a simple philosophy in casting. We don't care if somebody's a big star or a little star. We just want the best possible actor for the part.

It's so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy and drama roles is considered a rarity.