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27 quotes by Terence Stamp

Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938) is an English actor. Since starting his acting career in 1962, he has appeared in over 60 films. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Stamp's other major roles include butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector, archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II,...
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As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed.

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Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.

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I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted Mansion didn't arrive in the final cut.

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My star was kind of fading towards the end of the '60s and suddenly I got this call from Fellini, who just appeared to kind of love me!

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It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with... →

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In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator.

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A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.

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A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene.

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I wasn't at all sure I could make that sort of leap into that sort of comic book reality.

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All actors are incredibly insecure.

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What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

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I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is... →

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When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very... →

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