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Type: Actor Quotes Category: American Actor Quotes Date of Birth: June 30, 1959 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Vincent D'Onofrio Related Authors: Will Rogers Jack Nicholson Orson Welles Richard Pryor Dirk Benedict Harrison Ford Morgan Freeman Don Johnson |
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
Vincent D'Onofrio And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to actually believe that what these other people were saying was true. Vincent D'Onofrio At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers. Vincent D'Onofrio But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor. Vincent D'Onofrio I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to. Vincent D'Onofrio I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art. Vincent D'Onofrio I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet. Vincent D'Onofrio I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office. Vincent D'Onofrio I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route. Vincent D'Onofrio I've never tried to be something I'm not. Vincent D'Onofrio If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate. Vincent D'Onofrio It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good. Vincent D'Onofrio It was something I was reluctant to do because there have been performances about serial killers in the past that have done pretty well. Vincent D'Onofrio It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt. Vincent D'Onofrio It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake. Vincent D'Onofrio Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had. Vincent D'Onofrio Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it. Vincent D'Onofrio My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it. Vincent D'Onofrio No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing. Vincent D'Onofrio Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody. Vincent D'Onofrio People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it. Vincent D'Onofrio So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career. Vincent D'Onofrio So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket. Vincent D'Onofrio The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water. Vincent D'Onofrio The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters. Vincent D'Onofrio The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films. Vincent D'Onofrio The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced. Vincent D'Onofrio Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in. Vincent D'Onofrio They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before. Vincent D'Onofrio This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all. Vincent D'Onofrio To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably. Vincent D'Onofrio Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character. Vincent D'Onofrio What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition. Vincent D'Onofrio When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear. Vincent D'Onofrio When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave. Vincent D'Onofrio With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling. Vincent D'Onofrio |
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