Bob Hoskins Quotes

If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.

If I wasn't an actor, I probably would've tried to get a job with the Braves.

As an actor, I would love to do an out and out comedy.

By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

I think I became an actor because I couldn't sing.

I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.

The other night a mugger took off his mask and made me wear it.

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting.

My parents are proud of me being an actor.

I started as a standup comic and an actor.

For Christmas one year I bought my son a BB gun. He bought me a t-shirt with a bulls eye on the back.

Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck.

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.

One night I asked a cabbie to take me where the action is, he took me to my house.

I made a chocolate cake with white chocolate. Then I took it to a potluck. I stood in line for some cake. They said, "Do you want white cake or chocolate cake?" I said, "yes."

Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet.

Is that your hat or are you wearing a cabana?

Humor is just truth, only faster!

He who laughs last didn't get it in the first place.

Honestly, I love stealing things.

As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.

Journalism is the only thinkable alternative to working.

I have a beard. Just not on my face.

I'm joking, I'm joking. Best decision I ever made.

Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army.