Quotes from Tom Sizemore

I don't know if people know that Sylvester Stallone is one of the most decent gentlemen that I've ever met. He's the most consistent friend I've ever had.

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

It used to be the case that studio executives like Robert Evans, Darryl Zanuck, and David Selznick would put aside money for what they wanted to be great movies regardless of whether they would perform well with the box office.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

I know a lot about the Battle of the Bulge, and a lot about World War II from 'Saving Private Ryan.'

I never hurt anybody; I only hurt myself and my family. I never did anything mean to anybody, I was just mean to myself.

I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all.

I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.

I have thin skin. I'm not a tough guy.

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.

I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim.

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

I like Michael Bay a whole lot. And Jerry Bruckheimer. But I love Ben Affleck as a person, as a director, as an actor.

Although my mother and father were both completely legit, it was all around me, this crime and licentiousness.

Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.

Most movies aren't any good.

I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.