Dourif Quotes

#1. There are things we could do like let Brad Dourif play Charles Lee Ray's brother or father , something like that, but I think any of those options would've been squarely in the horror-comedy realm.

David Kirschner

#2. Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.

David Kirschner

#3. There have been times that we've had arguments with Brad [Dourif] because he comes in with very strong ideas and, as in any working relationship, sometimes you're going to disagree, and he always goes to the mat and I've just always appreciated that attitude, that he takes it so seriously.

David Kirschner

#4. Brad Dourif as Charles Lee Ray, it's impossible to imagine anyone else in that role. I mean, he's just so great. Over the course of the five movies, he always just takes it so seriously, doesn't condescend to the material, whatsoever and just treats it as if he was playing Hamlet.

David Kirschner

#5. If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?

Brad Dourif

#6. You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out.

Brad Dourif

#7. I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson and some really good people. I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

Brad Dourif

#8. Of course, I would like to play the guy next door, but nobody's going to hire me for that kind of role.

Brad Dourif

#9. True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.

Henry Ward Beecher

#10. There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about.

Keith Emerson

#11. Italians stay so true to their classic silhouettes and the things that they've always done.

Candice Huffine

#12. The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.

Brad Dourif

#13. I have a 13-year-old daughter who rents these bloody horror movies, and I can't even walk into the room when she's watching them with her friends.

Brad Dourif

#14. We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.

Brad Dourif

#15. I prefer film to the stage. I always like the rehearsal better than I like performing.

Brad Dourif

#16. I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.

Brad Dourif

#17. Gee, I certainly hope I'm not a scary person in real life. It's not like people run from me when they see me. People are usually pretty nice when they meet me. If they're scared, they keep their shuddering to themselves.

Brad Dourif

#18. Single Mind:
If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.

Brian Andreas

#19. I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80's just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick.

Madonna Ciccone

#20. Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

George Herbert

#21. It's funny - when you look at the real A-listers nowadays, look at how many live in and around Hollywood. Most of them live on a ranch in Utah. It's no coincidence these guys get in and get out.

Darren Boyd

#22. I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

Brad Dourif

#23. If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.

Brad Dourif