Brendan Fraser
Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.Collection: Peace
I believe you have a responsibility to comport yourself in a manner that gives an example to others. As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I pray just to be worthy of it.Collection: Success
I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.Collection: Travel
I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.
I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.
All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.
Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.
Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.
I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.
I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.
Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.
George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?
I think you have to show homage to creators.
I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.
They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?
Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.
I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.
As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.
When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them.
I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.
I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.
I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.
If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.
Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.
Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman.
I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.
I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.
The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash.
Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.
I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.
I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.
I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.
I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.
I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.
As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.Collection: Inspirational
To swing or not to swing? Swing.Collection: Swings
You should do everything as if it's the last time you might ever do it. Because, you know, it may be.Collection: May
Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some.Collection: Ocean
Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours.Collection: Choices
Of course I was a dork, but that's OK. Because all the coolest people I know were dorks.Collection: People
The other day, when my 4-year-old saw a flowering tree and said, "Daddy, it's raining petals," that was poetry that just melted my heart into a mushy, yummy Fudgsicle.Collection: Rain
In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass.Collection: Glasses
I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember meCollection: Dog
You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.Collection: Drama
I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crashCollection: Powerful
I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really liked this in foreign movies before or I've observed others working with them and I've noticed that there's a method that goes on where the actors try and get the children, like the child actor, to interact with them in a real way. It seems like you're the adult trying to get the kid to fall in love with him.Collection: Falling In Love
The dimensionality of 3D, the depth of field, the dynamism... it's an immersive experience. And on top of that it's great because the new glasses don't make you want to throw up and they don't give you paper cuts!Collection: Cutting