Brad Dourif quotes

Brad Dourif is an American actor known for his intense and often unsettling performances in film and television. His breakthrough role came as Billy Bibbit in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He is also well-known for voicing Chucky in the "Child's Play" series and for his role as Gríma Wormtongue in "The Lord of the Rings" films. Here are 15 of his quotes:

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

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If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

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I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson and some really good people. I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

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I certainly hope I'm not a scary person in real life, it's not like people run from me when they see me. People are usually pretty nice when they meet me. If they're scared, they keep their shuddering to themselves. But even if you're a nice person, it's easy to be scary as a character in a movie. All you need to do is devoid yourself of any feeling toward other people and regard them as a piece of meat. If you can imagine eating someone, or if you can imagine that person being dead, that can make you seem pretty scary. But if you want to get technical about it, most of what's scary is in the writing, not in the acting.

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The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.

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I have a 13-year-old daughter who rents these bloody horror movies, and I can't even walk into the room when she's watching them with her friends.

Brad Dourif

Gee, I certainly hope I'm not a scary person in real life. It's not like people run from me when they see me. People are usually pretty nice when they meet me. If they're scared, they keep their shuddering to themselves.

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I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.

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I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

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I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

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I don't want to be full of myself. I really have fun when I'm working, and I don't want to not have fun when I'm working, because I'm trying to convince myself that I'm ‘somebody'. I don't like it, and I don't enjoy other people who are like that. And that's one of the reasons why doing smaller-budget stuff is really good. You don't run into that so much...

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If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?

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Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.

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