Sam Neill Quotes

No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.

People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.

Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.

I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

Wines are like women in that it's often the imperfections that fascinate.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.

I like being around actors. Imagine not liking actors.

In the case of Wilderpeople, I walked on the first day with some apprehension actually; because it doesn't come anywhere close to anything I've really played before, this part.

I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.

Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.

If you want to learn about America, watch The Wire. Its a profound piece of entertainment.

You never really know who you're going to be acting with, but that doesn't really matter. 99% of the actors I've worked with, and they number in the thousands, I've liked.

Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that.

Magic realism - somebody used that phrase the other day that is familiar with South American literature. That rang a bell. It resonates with me.

Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.

As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.

Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films.

When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.

You don't necessarily have to go a long way in New Zealand to be in some pretty dense and scary bush.

I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.

I like actors. I like their insecurities, their humor and their intelligence.

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.