Words matter. These are the best Rocky Carroll Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’m surprised sometimes at the responsibilities you have as a director.
I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people.
There’s an art to being a good actor, there’s an art to being a celebrity, and there’s an art to longevity.
A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators.
The guy who shows up on time, who has a good work ethic, network executives and producers know that. It’s a very small industry we work in.
It’s so funny because, here in Hollywood, an actor who really is versatile and who has the ability to transform between comedy and drama roles is considered a rarity.
When I grew up in Cincinnati in 1974, the Board of Education set up the performing school, similar to the New York performing arts school, and it was in walking distance from my school.
One of the first guys I ever played golf with was Samuel L. Jackson. We did a movie many years ago and would play whenever we could.
If you’re famous for being famous, that’s usually a four-year career.
When I was a kid growing up, there might be 10 shows on the air that had been on for ten seasons or eleven seasons. ‘Gunsmoke’ ran for over twenty years.
‘Roc’ was sort of an experiment because none of the lead actors on our show had any real television experience, especially in half-hour TV.
You may look at the people who sell the pages of the tabloids, and they’re more famous for their personal exploits. I know all about these people, but when was the last time I saw something they’ve done or bought an album?
As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it’s a good combination.
My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called ‘Roc.’
Any day, the tide could turn. You have one or two bad films, and now you’ve got to make a comeback.
People forget that, as artists, you are constantly looking to evolve and grow.
As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show’s success, but these things are a brand name now. They’re like Coca-Cola. It’s like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it.
I’ve worked on shows where the actors don’t talk to each other, and if they want to talk to each other, they talk through the director. What kind of existence is this? If I have to spend 14 hours a day with somebody, we’re in a relationship. We’d better talk it out.
I have six siblings but grew up an only child. I was adopted by my aunt and uncle.
If you can appeal to another person’s sense of humor, you can introduce ideas, thoughts, things that they may disagree with or not believe in. At least they’ll listen.
I’m the only one in the family who stumbled into acting.
I went from a sitcom to a hospital drama, feature films. I’ve kind of been living the actor’s dream. I’m not associated with one role or one medium. You’re lucky if you’re associated with one hit show.
Actors on stage, you can go from playing a myriad of roles, from Shakespeare to a Eugene O’Neil drama, and it’s the norm. I came up in a world where you’re supposed to be able to do three things very well. Act, sing, dance, paint, do something. The emphasis was on versatility.
There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you’re sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That’s where drama comes from.
I always love the holiday episodes, because you really get to see everybody at their best.
As an actor, you get into makeup, you get into hair, you come out of your trailer, and you hit your mark. As a director, you’re the first one there and the last one to leave.
Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.
I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.
When you love somebody, and they go through a real adversity, you don’t back away from that relationship. You don’t say, ‘When you’re better, call me.’ The opposite happens. Your bond strengthens, and you become even more vested.
When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it’s because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it’s usually the beginning of the end.
