Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl. People tend to not think of themselves as Tom Cruise or Bruce Willis. The leading man is something that they might like to be, but they aren't. The sidekick is somebody that they feel a little closer to, because the sidekick has the same human failings that they do.

Curtis Armstrong's Popular Quotes

I've never been offered a job that I turned down and regretted. I didn't have Stanley Kubrick offer me something and me say no.

- Curtis Armstrong

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

- Curtis Armstrong

My vision had always been that I was gonna be a stage actor and that was it.

- Curtis Armstrong

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to t…

- Curtis Armstrong

Sometimes a person has to be dead a while before people can appreciate what they did when they were alive.

- Curtis Armstrong

Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.

- Curtis Armstrong

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

- Curtis Armstrong

I'm not a nerd, I play one on TV.

- Curtis Armstrong

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

- Curtis Armstrong