From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.
It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.
When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that I'd already written. And I didn't want to be an actor.
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.
One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there's not a lot of that for me.
Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.
Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor.
There isn't a switch that I turn on. I'm an actor. This is what I do.
Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.
I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.
An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.