Quotes About Acting

I used to be a real doctor. Now I just play one on TV.

We did 'Doctor Who' for forty-eight weeks a year but I loved it.

I was never really happy until I became 'Doctor Who'.

I didn't want to be Doctor Who in a 'Doctor Who' that I didn't like.

I wanted to be an actor because I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon,' you know what I mean?

My very first role was when I was 2 1/2 years old; I was one of Nora's children in 'A Doll's House,' with my father playing Torvald.

When I act, I don't even know there's a camera there, don't care.

Actually, I don't care how I look as long as I'm acting.

I used to donate only 10 days of a month even being a lead actor to 'Char Divas Sasuche' so we had time to do other projects also.

I've always wanted to do a double role.

I don't believe in having body doubles for a film.

I never doubted that I would work, and every time I went to an audition, I went into the room with the knowledge that I was going to get the part. Ninety-nine times out of 100, I didn't.

And I love having the job to go to every week. With movies, there's a lot of downtime. I like working, and television really does that.

I'm really proud of the characters I've been able to play. Certainly, playing the character on 'CSI' as Dr. Sherman Hawkes is a wonderful stereotype-busting role.

Dr. Aziz is a very deep and meaty part, a gift part for any actor.

The first show I was in was 'Dracula' in 1975.

People ask me, 'Have you done much drag?' And I say, 'I don't think of it as drag. I'm playing a woman!'

When I act, I come away drained. When I write, I come away energized.

When I have to do an emotional scene, I sometimes feel drained right before doing it.

I'm a drama guy.

Well, I was a drama kid.

I was a drama major through college.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

I left drama school in the early '50s.