Hoskins Quotes & Sayings

I'm Winnie the Pooh - that's as sexy as I am. I meet ladies and they talk about their family and I talk about my family. It's about as sexy as a bag of Brussel sprouts. — Bob Hoskins

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks. — Bob Hoskins

I had to be on the set for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' because my character was interacting with Bob Hoskins. It's a lot of 'hurry up and wait.' So there I was, at 2 a.m., sitting in a trailer at Griffith Park trying to stay awake. And I said to myself, 'This stinks.' The way I do it is better. I go into the studio about 10 a.m. There's no makeup to worry about. I can wear whatever I want. As soon I get there, I'm good to go. I record my stuff and go home. — Jim Cummings

What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling — Bob Hoskins

Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on. — Bob Hoskins

Down the Woodstock Road towards them an elderly, abnormally thin man was pedalling, his thin white hair streaming in the wind and sheer desperation in his eyes. Immediately behind him, running for their lives, came Scylla and Charybdis; behind them, a milling, shouting rout of undergraduates, with Mr Adrian Barnaby (on a bicycle) well in the van; behind them, the junior proctor, the University Marshal, and two bullers, packed into a small Austin car and looking very elect, severe and ineffectual; and last of all, faint but pursuing, lumbered the ungainly form of Mr Hoskins. — Edmund Crispin

Absence, hear thou my protestation
Against that strength,
Distance and length. — John Hoskins

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth. — Bob Hoskins

I'd say I am partial to women. — Bob Hoskins

Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor. — Bob Hoskins

Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with so many observables. — W.G. Hoskins

Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy. Individual wolves can do anything not prohibited by the alpha-wolf. They can do anything they can get away with doing. To the wolf - breaking sheep law or the alpha-wolf's policy only becomes serious if caught. Getting caught is everything. — Richard Kelly Hoskins

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women. — Bob Hoskins

You have to learn to hallucinate, — Bob Hoskins

they do not get a price they like at one booth, they just move down the row. This constant downward pressure — Tansy E. Hoskins

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do. — Bob Hoskins

Poets make the best topographers. — W.G. Hoskins

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them. — Bob Hoskins

I started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other. I thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor. — Bob Hoskins

The Holy Spirit accompanies God's Word to bring revelation of Christ, resulting in transformation. — Bob Hoskins

I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them. — Bob Hoskins

It's your life, live it your way. — Bob Hoskins

Don't think I am going to let Bob Hoskins take all his clothes off and me not take a look? I just had a quick look up and down, like you would. — Judi Dench

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly. — Bob Hoskins

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops. — Bob Hoskins

Acting is the best job in the world. Look at the way they treat you when you turn up for work. They give you breakfast and a cup of tea and ask, 'Are you all right' They tart up your face, you say somebody else's words, then pick up your check and go home. And you get days off. I tell you, it really is the way to live. — Bob Hoskins

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful. — Bob Hoskins

And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most. — Judi Dench

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. — Bob Hoskins

If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it. — Bob Hoskins

One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance. — Bob Hoskins

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it. — Bob Hoskins