Bob Hoskins Quotes

Acting is the best job in the world. Look at the way they treat you when you turn up for work. They give you breakfast and a cup of tea and ask, 'Are you all right' They tart up your face, you say somebody else's words, then pick up your check and go home. And you get days off. I tell you, it really is the way to live.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling

If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.

Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

It's your life, live it your way.

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.

You have to learn to hallucinate.

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

The Holy Spirit accompanies God's Word to bring revelation of Christ, resulting in transformation.

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We cant express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

I'd say I am partial to women.

I started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other. I thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

I'm Winnie the Pooh - that's as sexy as I am. I meet ladies and they talk about their family and I talk about my family. It's about as sexy as a bag of Brussel sprouts.

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.