Vincent D'Onofrio Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Vincent D'Onofrio:

I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'

I have changed so much as an actor over the years.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

Vincent D'Onofrio

No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.

Vincent D'Onofrio

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.

Vincent D'Onofrio

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

Vincent D'Onofrio

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.

Vincent D'Onofrio

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.

Vincent D'Onofrio

They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.

Vincent D'Onofrio

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

Vincent D'Onofrio

All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'

Vincent D'Onofrio

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

Vincent D'Onofrio

With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I've never tried to be something I'm not.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

Vincent D'Onofrio

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The thing about Marvel is that they're not - they're into real acting. They're looking for artists that are willing to take chances and are willing to create characters. Even if that character has been around for years and years in comic books, they still are depending on us to create something and take it somewhere else.

Vincent D'Onofrio

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.

Vincent D'Onofrio

I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.

Vincent D'Onofrio

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

Vincent D'Onofrio

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

Vincent D'Onofrio

When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.

Vincent D'Onofrio