Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Joe Penny.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Joseph Edward Penny Jr. is an English-born American actor best known for his roles as Nick Ryder on the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986, and as Jake Styles in the CBS television series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992.
I'm not changing because I'm part of a hit. People around me have changed in their attitude toward me, but I haven't changed. And I won't.
Working in TV films has a lot of advantages over the daily grind of doing an hour series.
I was once described as being mediumly handsome, and that's a right-on analysis for me.
I'm one of those workaholics, the kind of guy who may drop with a cardiac arrest around 55.
Most of the time I play heroes, guys who don't have an edge.
In TV films, it's nice to get out of town for six weeks or two months, whatever it is, do your thing, and you're out, ready for the next assignment.
The day I came in and found another actor's name on my dressing room door, and my stuff out in the hall, that was the day I learned my lesson.
I've been building a future for myself outside of acting.
I guess being a hunk is a lot better than being a chunk.
You get used to that work mode, get used to always doing something.
We all are so serious when we are younger.
I never had any formal voice training, but it's something I always wanted to do. 'So I negotiated a deal with a recording studio after I gathered enough material for a record. I put a group together and just went ahead and did it. What the hell.
There are a lot of actors out there who don't have an arena to present their stuff.
I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.
If you've got a shot at having some 30 million people give you thumbs up or thumbs down every week, you take it.
I think you could turn on any channel and see a sexy guy, depending on your barometer of what sexy is.
I was surrounded by a lot of people not doing what they wanted to do.
In a series, you have the luxury of time to establish the character and build a rhythm. In a TV movie, you've got to come up with the rhythm now. Right now.
With films, you are not so much on a schedule. TV is all about scheduling.
My mother always wanted a boy. My father never did.
I grew up very fast. I was always hanging around with older kids.
I save my money, brother. I don't spend what I don't make.
I definitely want to go the route of feature films.