I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice.

- Holt Mccallany

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my favorite films, as a boy, were those great boxing movies, like 'Raging Bull', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up…

- Holt Mccallany

I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to get into shape to play 'Lights'. I began tryi…

- Holt Mccallany

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter,' and he overcame a lot of obstacles …

- Holt Mccallany

I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life.

- Holt Mccallany

If you're going to play a champion athlete, people expect you to look a certain way, and you also have to have the stamina to be able to continue to …

- Holt Mccallany

Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how …

- Holt Mccallany

When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I wan…

- Holt Mccallany

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw what worked for me.

- Holt Mccallany