Jonny Lee Miller Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 30 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jonny Lee Miller.
Famous Quotes By Jonny Lee Miller
I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren't. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end. — Jonny Lee Miller
I think Danny Boyle's got it in his head that we all still look too young (to do a 'Trainspotting' sequel.) But, I mean, I don't look like anyone I play, anyways, so I don't really know where that comes from. Because, you know, you change yourself for the roles. I'm actually not Scottish, either! — Jonny Lee Miller
I'm glad I don't live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn't even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention. — Jonny Lee Miller
If I thought of myself as a movie star, I'd be an idiot. I don't know anyone who thinks like that. I don't even know movie stars who think like that. — Jonny Lee Miller
I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work. — Jonny Lee Miller
I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that. — Jonny Lee Miller
You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do. — Jonny Lee Miller
Chess is one thing, but if we get to the point computers can best humans in the arts-those splendid, millennia-old expressions of the heart and soul of human existence-then why bother existing? to produce human art a computer would have to find, feel, absorb reality to the point it is overcome, to the point it sobs for release. A computer perhaps could replicate every possibility but could never transfer the energy art requires to exist in the first place. — Jonny Lee Miller
I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor. — Jonny Lee Miller
Computers creating art is an upsetting concept mostly because of what it means about humans. — Jonny Lee Miller
If you're serious about what you're doing, you've got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won't reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back. — Jonny Lee Miller
I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it. — Jonny Lee Miller
Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do. — Jonny Lee Miller
For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: obviously he's a genius with an attention to detail, his ravenous hunger for all aspects of knowledge that might feed into his work. But the major thing that makes him Sherlock is his relationship with Watson - their friendship. For me, that, I guess, is the biggest side, the more interesting side than the genius. — Jonny Lee Miller
Some people can handle fame, some can't. — Jonny Lee Miller
When you're playing a character, you don't really want to have an opinion about where you're going to end up. Otherwise, you can't really stay in the moment and in your character. — Jonny Lee Miller
When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone. — Jonny Lee Miller
I always know I can die at any moment. — Jonny Lee Miller
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. — Jonny Lee Miller
You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad. — Jonny Lee Miller
Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input. — Jonny Lee Miller
New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there's no hustle and bustle, no street life. — Jonny Lee Miller
I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next. — Jonny Lee Miller
Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing. — Jonny Lee Miller
Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really. — Jonny Lee Miller
I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly. — Jonny Lee Miller
I spent a couple of months just riding a bike doing my own training in the streets. — Jonny Lee Miller
Even when you're producing difficult material and you get emotional, after it you feel good; you feel like you've done a good job, or had an emotional release. I've always enjoyed that, but you go home and think, that was a good day's work, and you move on. — Jonny Lee Miller
I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you. — Jonny Lee Miller
The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that. — Jonny Lee Miller