Brian Cox Quotes

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was all tied up with thwarted ambition. It's hard being a young actor, because you don't realise until later that it's only ever about doing the work.

Brian Cox

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
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  • Birth: June 1, 1946

Topics

WorkAmbitionDoingEnjoyActing

It's a lot of pressure. Some of the cast wants a StairMaster on the set so you can work out like crazy before your naked scene.

Jimmy Smits

WorkCrazyPressureYouNakedOut

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

John Dewey

MotivationalGoalStartingPoint

To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential.

Andre Braugher

WorkCharacterManMindMeDoing

My father certainly believed that one could make a living outside of an office, as he did. And that if I didn't want to work for other people, there wasn't any reason why I had to. He conveyed that very strongly to my sister and I - that smart people can make their own livings.

Amy Bloom

WorkFatherSmartPeopleSisterWhy

As a kid, I really, truly believed that if you swallowed a watermelon seed, something really bad was going to happen.

Stephanie Beatriz

SeedYouBadKidHappenGoing

The value of a good education has never left me.

Michelle Pfeiffer

EducationGoodValueMeNeverLeft

Anyone driving a 1992 Cutlass, take it back, because I built it.

Loni Love

DrivingBackTakeBecauseBuilt

The only time I felt a little too exposed was for a week then I started life-streaming for a couple of hours a day on Qik and Ustream. It became very much like the film 'We Live in Public.'

Jason Calacanis

LiveTimeDayWeekLittleStarted

The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.

Jonathan Kozol

ThinkQuestionsRememberAsking

I had great qualms about playing a man who was living. I've never met Walt McCandless, and I never will.

William Hurt

GreatManLivingWillNeverPlaying

Faith is more basic than language or theology.

Sydney Carter

FaithLanguageMoreBasicTheology

There's so much compromise in politics. I'm not a good compromiser.

Rick Santelli

GoodPoliticsCompromiseMuch

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