Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Brad Dourif

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Bradford Claude Dourif is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his supporting role as Billy Bibbit in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He is also known for his roles as Charles Lee Ray/Chucky in the Child's Play franchise (1988–present), and Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings series (2002–2003).

American - Actor | Born: March 18, 1950

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

Brad Dourif

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

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

Brad Dourif

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

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

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

Brad Dourif

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

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

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

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

I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.

Brad Dourif

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

Brad Dourif

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

Brad Dourif

What got me excited to do Grima Wormtongue is when I was young I went through a period in boarding school were I was picked on alot. And there is something about Grima, he has been picked on when he was a kid, he (Grima) is so distrustful, he is so easily corrupted, He is so ugly, and he wants somebody, he wants to love somebody, and he can't, because nobody will have him.

Brad Dourif

Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Brad Dourif

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