Cary Elwes Quotes

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

New York has the best tap water.

I got a massive overdose of gamma radiation from the Xerox machine and just printing call sheets, you know? By the time I stepped in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. It was great.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

I grew up in the art world.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting.' OK, if I were to say to you that's not me, that's fine. And I would tell you that I don't behave like a villain everyday, and that's true, I don't. But to say there's absolutely none of me in there is ridiculous.

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

If you get into the area of judging the character you're playing you're getting into a sticky area.

I take away something from every role.