Thomas Haden Church quotes

Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for his work in both television and film. Audiences recognize him for his roles in the sitcom "Wings" and the Academy Award-nominated film "Sideways." He has also appeared as the Sandman in the "Spider-Man" film franchise. Here are 29 of his quotes:

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

Thomas Haden Church

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

Thomas Haden Church

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

Thomas Haden Church

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.

Thomas Haden Church

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

Thomas Haden Church

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

Thomas Haden Church

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

Thomas Haden Church

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague.

Thomas Haden Church

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

Thomas Haden Church

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.

Thomas Haden Church

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.

Thomas Haden Church

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

Thomas Haden Church

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

Thomas Haden Church

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

Thomas Haden Church

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever.

Thomas Haden Church

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

Thomas Haden Church

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

Thomas Haden Church

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

Thomas Haden Church

He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel.

Thomas Haden Church

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.

Thomas Haden Church

Cary and I are working together on another movie, Charlotte's Web.

Thomas Haden Church

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

Thomas Haden Church