Michael On
Michael On
long acting asking
You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.
weakness nastiness exposed
I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
acting roles actors
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
circles actors circle-of-friends
My circle of friends are not actors at all. None of them are actors, really, because they're are not available. They're always off somewhere.
father two over-you
There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father."
stars america firsts
Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.
gang percent
80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.
heartbroken home thinking
I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.
motivational actors talent
I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
ovation towns talent
The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.
awards house cider
I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.
answers film performances
I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'
done mouths injustice
If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.
hands laughing frustrated
I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes.