We became spear carriers in a great televised opera. We were props in a show. I always felt we should have joined Actors Equity.

Quote by Peter Lisagor

Topics: Actors And Acting Quotes, Opera Quotes, Television Quotes

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert...

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert...

Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the...

Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played....

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played....

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of...

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of...

You can observe a lot just by watching.

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning,...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's...

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on...

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are...

Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are...

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live...

The image is one thing and the human being is another...It's very hard to live...

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to...

Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to...

I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I...

I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not...