Frank Langella quotes

Frank Langella is an American actor renowned for his powerful stage and screen performances. Audiences recognize him for his versatility and commanding presence in roles ranging from historical figures to complex villains. He has received numerous awards, including a Tony Award for his portrayal of Richard Nixon in "Frost/Nixon." Here are 39 of his quotes:

Intelligence is enormously sexy. (Frank Langella)
I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs. View quote
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But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort. View quote
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The best kind of kinky sex is to have kinky sex with your wife or husband, the person you love. View quote
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Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself. View quote
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One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage. View quote
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But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love. View quote
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Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise. View quote
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I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty. View quote
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It's interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn't going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting. View quote
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Absolutely. I can produce. I can write. I can direct. (Frank Langella)
And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away. View quote
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You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them. View quote
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The only thing you have then to believe in is your craft. View quote
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I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me. View quote
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I always signed autographs when I could and always stayed and chatted with them when I could. View quote
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Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood. View quote
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But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting. View quote
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As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself. View quote
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I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred. View quote
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Then, for a hot three or four weeks I wanted to be a concert pianist. (Frank Langella)
I'd always felt a man should marry later in life. View quote
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The last few years have been pretty hectic. View quote
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There is no right in acting. View quote
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I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right. View quote
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Frank Langella

Frank Langella - Image
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: January 1, 1938
Quotes count: 39