Tom Sizemore Quotes & Sayings

Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different. — Tom Sizemore

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much. — Tom Sizemore

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding. — Tom Sizemore

I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all. — Tom Sizemore

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you. — Tom Sizemore

I am not as crazy as people think. — Tom Sizemore

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce. — Tom Sizemore

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. — Tom Sizemore

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me. — Tom Sizemore

My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base. — Tom Sizemore

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit. — Tom Sizemore

I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did. — Tom Sizemore

I was a wayward kid, a rambunctious and angry teenager, but I found acting as a fifteen-year-old. — Tom Sizemore

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not. — Tom Sizemore

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed. — Tom Sizemore

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going. — Tom Sizemore

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve. — Tom Sizemore

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you. — Tom Sizemore

It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point. — Tom Sizemore

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them. — Tom Sizemore

You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced. — Tom Sizemore

I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease. — Tom Sizemore

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail. — Tom Sizemore

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? — Tom Sizemore

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different. — Tom Sizemore

I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here? — Tom Sizemore

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. — Tom Sizemore

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches. — Tom Sizemore

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education. — Tom Sizemore

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule. — Tom Sizemore

Temptation is impossible for me to resist ... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. — Tom Sizemore

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor. — Tom Sizemore

Well you know for me, the action is the juice. — Tom Sizemore

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan? — Tom Sizemore