Quotes from Cary Elwes

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I like to have a good experience. That's all you have.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

I got a massive overdose of gamma radiation from the Xerox machine and just printing call sheets, you know? By the time I stepped in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. It was great.

There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

I grew up in the art world.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.