Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Hoskins

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Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Robert William Hoskins was an English actor. His work included lead roles in films and television series such as Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), and Super Mario Bros. (1993), and supporting performances in Brazil (1985), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). He also directed two feature films: The Raggedy Rawney (1988) and Rainbow (1996).

British - Actor | October 26, 1942 - April 29, 2014

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I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

Bob Hoskins

I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.

Bob Hoskins

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

Bob Hoskins

I'd say I am partial to women.

Bob Hoskins

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

Bob Hoskins

Monogamy is a possibility - and a necessity. Kids have got to have something they can rely on. You have got to have something you rely on.

Bob Hoskins

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

Bob Hoskins

If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.

Bob Hoskins

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

Bob Hoskins

It's your life, live it your way.

Bob Hoskins

One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.

Bob Hoskins

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

Bob Hoskins

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

Bob Hoskins

I'm a feminist, yes! Very strongly.

Bob Hoskins

You have to learn to hallucinate.

Bob Hoskins

I started my career by becoming a stalker, watching women in the street, the way they greet each other. I thought if I could capture some of that expression, that depth of emotion, it will make me interesting to watch as an actor.

Bob Hoskins

What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.

Bob Hoskins

I'm Winnie the Pooh - that's as sexy as I am. I meet ladies and they talk about their family and I talk about my family. It's about as sexy as a bag of Brussel sprouts.

Bob Hoskins

Acting is the best job in the world. Look at the way they treat you when you turn up for work. They give you breakfast and a cup of tea and ask, 'Are you all right' They tart up your face, you say somebody else's words, then pick up your check and go home. And you get days off. I tell you, it really is the way to live.

Bob Hoskins

Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.

Bob Hoskins

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

Bob Hoskins

What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling

Bob Hoskins

The Holy Spirit accompanies God's Word to bring revelation of Christ, resulting in transformation.

Bob Hoskins

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We cant express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

Bob Hoskins

Top 24 Quotes & Sayings by Bob Hoskins

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