Brendan Fraser famous quotes

As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Inspirational #Men #Praying

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Believe #Thinking #Wish

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Believe #Thinking #Greek

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too
-- Brendan Fraser

#Believe #Just Believe #Audience

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Judging #Priorities #Family And Friends

When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them
-- Brendan Fraser

#Character #Swings #Cartoon

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny
-- Brendan Fraser

#Roles #Comedy #Pretending

Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce
-- Brendan Fraser

#Atmosphere #Hot #Saigon

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in
-- Brendan Fraser

#Rocks #Wish #Rock N Roll

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor
-- Brendan Fraser

#Technology #Actors #Sophisticated

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash
-- Brendan Fraser

#Powerful #Years #Cds

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters
-- Brendan Fraser

#Smart #Grateful #Monsters

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world
-- Brendan Fraser

#World #Circumstances #Horrible

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Appreciate #Purpose #Practicals

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me
-- Brendan Fraser

#Dog #Home #Wish

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man
-- Brendan Fraser

#Intelligent #Men #Attention

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place
-- Brendan Fraser

#Running #War #Thinking

Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Dark #Light #People

You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Drama #Thinking #Directors

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?
-- Brendan Fraser

#Swings #Guy #Cartoon

I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on ***** in a lot of ways.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Mean #Independent #Arabia

I think you have to show homage to creators.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Thinking #Shows #Creator

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Travel #Opportunity #Vietnam

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Desire #Groups #Would Be

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy
-- Brendan Fraser

#Criticism #Outspoken #Foreign Policy

Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman
-- Brendan Fraser

#Beautiful #Fun #Together

Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Choices #Embrace #Rail

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?
-- Brendan Fraser

#What If #Tests #Juliet

They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?
-- Brendan Fraser

#Mean #Hard Times #Tape

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.
-- Brendan Fraser

#United States #Tests #Process

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Wheels #Not Sure #Ancestor

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Character #Cameras #Pieces

I just rely on the text to speak for itself and then speak it as I believe it to interpret it, and then just know that the rules of the world that we're creating allow for things to come to life, and then just trust in the process of making a film. Hopefully we'll make a sequel, because if we do, we had such a great time as an ensemble, I think the best thing to do would be to just take the whole cast back. This is Iain's idea and I agree with it. Just reincarnate all the characters and put them back into the world. There's no rules. Why couldn't we do that?
-- Brendan Fraser

#Believe #Character #Thinking

I haven't been one since I did a film called (coughs) Encino Man (laughing). After two or three runs with Pauly Shore, I had enough. Watching this film in 3D as far as rollercoasters go really fills it for me.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Running #Men #Two

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Character #Culture #Way

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Rocks #Musician #Rock Music

I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Thinking #Cameras #Want

I believe you have a responsibility to comport yourself in a manner that gives an example to others. As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I pray just to be worthy of it.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Believe #Responsibility #Men

I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Beautiful #Careers #Interesting

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.
-- Brendan Fraser

#Saws #Opinion #Film