Quotes By Brendan Fraser

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.

I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

I think you have to show homage to creators.

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.

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

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