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  • Actor
  • born 1954
  • 71 quotes

Tony Todd, an actor (born 1954), is quoted 71 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Thinking, Pinball, Film Noir and Noir.

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Thank God for voiceover work.

Sunset Boulevard' is my favorite film.

Duane Jones is a personal hero of mine.

I wish I could do a black and white film.

I'm ready to go up to the Danny Glover level.

But my career's so much deeper than just horror.

Dude, I've been a gamer ever since Intellivision.

I hustled my way through college playing pinball.

I'm a big fan of advertising during sports events.

I collect Gottlieb games, and I play classic pinball.

I think we all agreed to take a bunch of Xanax at some point.

Everything that's worth making has to involve some sort of pain.

My first assignment was a curtain-puller for 'The Curious Savage.'

But the people who give me the best reality check are my children.

The ability to be frightening with stillness is what appeals to me.

In my mind, I'm not scary at all. I'm channeling my inner Cary Grant!

I almost did 'Doctor Strange.' I went in to do a session to play Dormammu.

I love film noir, so Billy Wilder is like my favorite director of all time.

Most actors do that. They fill in the blanks. You don't want to play a cipher.

I don't want you leaving laughing, I want to leave you shaking. That to me is true horror.

Whenever I can make it work out, and schedule permitting, I like to help young filmmakers.

Actors are a funny lot. Sometimes they're not satisfied with where they are. I include myself.

I tried the swimming team, but nobody came to the matches. But they did show up for the plays.

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.

I've played four roles on 'Star Trek.' My favorite episode was 'The Visitor' on 'Deep Space Nine.'

Even if you do a great performance, if you have a weak link in the film, that's all anyone remembers.

Working on 'Candyman' in Chicago was probably the - I absolutely love this city, this city is so funky.

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.

When I was a kid I really loved Humphrey Bogart. But when I was in theater school, Robert DeNiro was my go-to guy.

I'm also a blues musician, and all blues artists can trace their pain to the slavery fields of the Mississippi Delta.

So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those.

All of my contemporaries in L.A. are all graduates of either Yale, Julliard, Trinity. The best of the bunch come from that.

I think society has become more and more immune to reality television which is the most frightening thing in the world to me.

Chicago's a great city for filming. The city is so rich architecturally. I think that's part of what made 'Candyman' special.

The black community has always been a fan of horror films, but in terms of the participants, they've been few and far between.

I'm just happy that as an African-American man, that 'Candyman' has once again been given the nod to enter people's consciousness.

I grew up on video games. When I was in college, even during snowstorms, I would go the half-mile to the drugstore to play 'Millipede.'

You know early on when you're given a gift that can keep you sane. That's what acting does for me. It keeps me honest and keeps me sane.

I grew up a single kid and so my whole childhood was spent in my backyard dealing with imaginary circumstances and role playing and stuff.

I was going to Hartford High School and when the theater bug hit, it hit hard and it saved my life. It gave me focus, direction and purpose.

One of the things that motion capture and/or voice acting does is allow you to continue your career, change it, or bring a new aspect to it.

I think people are getting more and more -unfortunately - inured to violence. People are less sensitive to things they should wake up about.

I remember watching 'Abbott and Costello vs Frankenstein' continuously as a kid and being amazed that my horror legends were making a comedy.

With film sometimes you're thrown in there and you literally hit the ground running, taking your best shot and just leave it up to the editing.

I think people are getting more and more - unfortunately - inured to violence. People are like, less sensitive to things they should wake up about.

As far as 'Final Destination' and its creator, Jeffrey Reddick, are concerned, whenever Jeffrey calls, because of our friendship, I have to listen.

But you have to be told you're special first before you believe it yourself. I was first told I was special by my aunt. The second person was my scoutmaster.

Everybody loves a horror story because it's a roller coaster ride -you wait for the slow ride to the top then speed down with all the bumps, twists and turns.

Although we're all in this to make a living, why not make something to make an impact? One day, I'll make a horror film. I think I know what the audience wants.

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