Quotes By Brendan Fraser

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.

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.

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

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

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

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

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

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

I remember thinking, I want to work for the camera.

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I think you have to show homage to creators.

I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.