Callum Keith Rennie famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they always say no. I'd love to act in a Scottish accent for once.
-- Callum Keith Rennie

#Trying #Auditions #Chance
Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
-- Callum Keith Rennie

#Moving #Parent #Proud
I know a lot of people with obsessive qualities, and there's a positive and negative part to it. There's the appeal of someone who's so deadly focused on something that they want or desire - there's a dedication and a single-mindedness that's great. But then if it goes on too long it becomes a psychosis. What's the French term for it? Idee fixe.
-- Callum Keith Rennie

#Dedication #Psychosis #Long
When you're shiny, everyone wants to stand next to you.
-- Callum Keith Rennie

#Want #Next
It was funny on '24' because I'm a Scots-Canadian, and I was working with the great Scottish actor Tony Curran, and we were both playing Russian gangsters.
-- Callum Keith Rennie

#Actors #Scottish #Scots

Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.
I ran away from my house when I was about 12 years old to audition for a film.
I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood.
If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is not having to audition anymore.
I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.
The chance of failure is almost always better than the guarantee of never knowing.
Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
I'm not going to single individuals out but Yakubu has missed loads of great chances
He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try.
I always dreamed about scoring at St. James' Park. I fancied my chances and the ball flew into the net. I was ecstatic.

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