Tom Sizemore quotes:

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.

Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.

Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different.

You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.

It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?

Being alone is scarier than any boogey man and the reason why I don't choose to see Horror movies as a rule.

Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding.

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.

I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.

Fatherhood didnt change me in the beginning very much.

I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard.

I was a wayward kid, a rambunctious and angry teenager, but I found acting as a fifteen-year-old.

If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

I am not as crazy as people think.

I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all.

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. Hell, I'm blessed to be in any position, you know? There are so many guys who had good lives, great lives, and blew it.. .I think there are some guys who think they don't deserve to have good lives. They feel they don't deserve their good fortune, so they throw it away. One of my good friends was Chris Farley. Chris blew it. He blew the whole enchilada.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve.

It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point.

Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

Temptation is impossible for me to resist Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.

Well you know for me, the action is the juice.