Quotes About Everyman

I've always been very passionate about acting. I appeared in panto in the Everyman from the age of five.

I'm not Brad Pitt or George Clooney. Those guys walk into a room and the room changes. I think there's something more... not average, but everyman about me.

For me, comedy is constantly presented as this fake casualness, like a guy just walked on stage going, 'This crazy thing happened to me the other day.' And he's in front of 3000 people, and he's acting like an everyman, and he's getting paid so much money.

I'm hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.

In my movies, I portray this 'Everyman' persona, someone everybody can empathize with. People can identify with a guy like me.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

I like playing average guys who have a little extra something.

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

Everyman is me. I am his brother. No man is my enemy. I am Everyman and he is in and of me. This is my faith, my strength, my deepest hope, and my only belief.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.

Eric Carter is a more raw, more emotional protagonist. He's a bit of an Everyman.

The mission of Everyman is to fulfill the lies he incarnates, to succeed in being no more than an exhaust illusion.

Maybe this is my left-wing conspiracy theory, but the right has re-branded itself as kind of the everyman party: Who's the person you'd rather have a beer with? The Republican Party, even though it's a party of incredible wealth and corporate interests, has hidden behind this everyman quality.

And found myself then thinking: if it were nowadays, This is how Death would summon Everyman.

There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.

Patrick Swayze reminded me a lot of Gene Kelly. Patrick had that Everyman quality. Gene made dancing sort of an accessible idea for the regular guy out there.

It's a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they're larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that's not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.

The immigrant is the Everyman of the twentieth century.

I am the common man. I'm polite, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my lifestyle, and that's what I try to bring to characters.

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.