Cliff Curtis Quotes & Sayings

“I ate fantastic Italian food in Croatia, which you wouldn't expect. The food in Istanbul was amazing. I never would've expected that and the food, I guess you're learning something about me, the food in Prague, they're very, very heavy meat eaters, like, a lot of meat, which is great.”

“I believe in collaboration, which is why I work with others to make positive contributions of consequence, and why I have made a very clear and unwavering commitment to remain absolutely apolitical.”

“I don't play bad guys. I think that's why I keep getting cast as bad guys: because I don't want to play bad guys. I want to play human beings that struggle with life.”

“I'm still waiting for Peter Jackson to let me play an elf. I want to play Orlando Bloom's father. No, Orlando Bloom's younger, hotter brother. I don't think it's going to happen.”

“As an actor... at some point you've got to forget that the crew's there in order to do your job.”

“I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.”

“As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.”

“I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.”

“While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.”

“I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.”