Randy Quaid's Quotes

Acting's more of a business for me now.

I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

I love Canada.

I love my brother. I miss my brother.

I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

I went through this delayed-adolescence thing. I didn't want to be tied down to a family.

I would never walk off any show.

I would not do anything to besmirch my reputation any further than it has already been.

I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.

I've been racketeered on.

It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.

Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.

Now with the Internet, a celebrity is fair game, and it's all designed to sell advertising space.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

I am being embezzled by a monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties.

I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.

My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.

When I was a kid and the carnival would come to the shopping centre, I'd go down and talk to all the people running the rides. I like that whole lifestyle, moving from town to town in a nomadic existence.

I would like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as Miss Golden Globe 2012.

My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.

I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.

You can spend your time daydreaming or make use of it in other ways.

You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face.

Everybody's got the mindset that everything should be measurable.

Folks want to be listened to, they want to be heard.