“Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.” IfsThinkingFeelsDifferentFeelingsJobsWonderfulLike YouFinishedSatisfiedRetiring Author:Alfred Molina
“I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.” IfsThinkingProblemWould BeActorsCausesCasesConcernHollywoodBritishVillainCasting Author:Alfred Molina
“My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found me for half the amount of money. So anyone would think that they're stupid, that that would be a stupid move.” ThinkingFirstsWould BeJobsMovingActorsFoundFatherLeftHalfStupidAmountWaiter Author:Alfred Molina
“When I look back on my career - if that's what it is - it looks a bit like a crazy quilt, and I think it's just really because, when one job has finished, I've never really been in a position where I had three or four options.” IfsThinkingLooksJobsThreeBitsCareersFourCrazyPositionFinishedQuilts Author:Alfred Molina
“I enjoy playing villains - I'm very proud that I belong to a very honorable tradition of British actors who come to Hollywood to play the bad guys. At some point in American film, I think there was the idea that the British accent had a tone to it that's a little bit naughty.” ThinkingFilmGuyEnjoyProudTraditionVillainHonorableNaughty Author:Alfred Molina
“I've always loved teaching acting. I think it helps me to kind of get back to basics. It's like a refresher course for me as well, so in a sense, I'm hopefully learning as much as my students are - or at least discovering or re-discovering as much as they are. I find that when I teach, I'm reminded of my own sort of failings. I'm reminded of where I sometimes keep going wrong.” ThinkingKindSometimesHelpingActingTeachFailingTeachingStudentsHopefullyHelp MeKeep Going Author:Alfred Molina
“I think, because of my background, which is slightly more exotic than the average British actor, I think, I sort of occupied this little niche quite early on of playing the foreign guy. It started way back at drama school, I played an Eastern European heavy, I played the Russian mobster. And I have done all those different ethnic roles, and I think it's partly because of my look, I think I've got an adaptable sort of nondescript ethnicity, which you can't quite pin down, but it's enough to kind of get a flavor of something.” ThinkingKindDifferentDoneEnoughSchoolGuyDramaEasternNiche Author:Alfred Molina
“I think I went through early years of my career sort of thinking, "Well, maybe I'm just not British enough." And I always remember my father saying to me, "Don't think you're English, because however English you feel, some Englishman is going to remind you that you're not." Now, for him it must have been a much more acute experience, because he immigrated to England. I was born there, so I kind of felt I had the right to assume that I was British, but it's true. The English are a very warm and welcoming people, but there's a streak in there that reminds you, occasionally.” PeopleThinkingKindEnoughRememberFatherAssumingWelcome Author:Alfred Molina
“I think enjoying each other in a creative way is usually a result of when you're doing something that might be problematic - might be a little difficult to uncover. I've done it once in a stage production; we came in for two days and, just as an experiment, the director had us reading each other's roles. You hear another voice interpreting a line that maybe you were having trouble with. It can be very helpful. But we weren't really in the kind of situation where that was necessary.” ThinkingKindDoneReadingEnjoyDifficultSituationCreativeTroubleHelpful Author:Alfred Molina
“And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.” ThinkingNeedsRememberArtistReadingLevelsSuccessfulVictimTraitsExploitsTrickstersCon Artist Author:Alfred Molina
“I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible.” ThinkingTryingMadeDifferentJobsActorsDecisionWorstBoredTerrifiedWorst ThingsStrategicBeing Bored Author:Alfred Molina
“I never made conscious choices. There were times in my life that I chose the first job that came along because I was broke. I think that there were maybe a handful of times that I had a choice. In recent years, Ive had more of a choice, and its been very nice to have that choice, but most of the time, you just hope that theres another job after this one.” ThinkingYearsFirstsMadeJobsChoicesNiceConsciousBrokeHandfulVery Nice Author:Alfred Molina
