Brian Cox Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The problem is that the U.K. in essence is a feudal society. It's everyone in their place.”

“Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft.”

“I was living in London and I thought, 'There's nothing here for me anymore.' I don't want to become this actor who's going to be doing this occasional good work in the theater and then ever diminishing bad television. I thought I'd rather do bad movies than bad television because you get more money for it.”

“I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.”

“I didn't have this feeling that I should be a leading actor in the cinema. And I wouldn't want the responsibility of the opening weekend.”

“I've always wanted to make a film.”

“I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming.”

“There is a history of mental breakdowns in my family. It will never happen to me but it has happened to others in the family.”

“As a boy, I was never interested in theater because I came from a working-class Scottish home. I thought, 'I want to do movies.' Then it was finding the means to do it.”

“I did a film in which Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton both played the leads, 'Desperate Measures,' and interestingly enough it was their biggest payday. The film didn't do well, and it kind of marked their careers. They've done less since. It all changed.”