Quotes by James Callis

James Callis

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

Achilles

Ambition

Political

Belief is everything when you’re performing something. If you don’t have the belief behind it, then that actually puts a shunt on the character. It’s like, “Does the character believe this for a minute?”

Belief

Believe

Character

Film and television as a medium has only very recently begun to be taught at the great drama schools in the UK. When I was at drama school in the UK, I was there for two and a half years, and we did one week of television and film. It’s right before you leave. It’s like, “We’ve taught you Anton Chekhov and William Shakespeare, you are likely to be in a washing-up soap-liquid commercial.”

Drama

Film

School

From university, I tried to get into the profession almost immediately, and just got kind of kicked back in London, by lots of people saying, “Well, you know, we’ll need to see you in something. And the easiest way for you to get seen in something is drama school. That is the best way to get an agent.”

Drama

People

School

I did worry about being in a science-fiction show. The bits that I was reading, I felt were funny, and I felt the man was childish, so I really did ask initially, “Is this for kids?” And the thing that came back immediately was like, “Hey, take a look at this whole thing again. This is definitely not for children. How can you think that?”

Children

Kids

Reading

I never talk about filming until I’m actually on the set and I’ve got the job, because otherwise – “Oh yeah, I’m going to be so busy,” and then you’re going to see me in McDonald’s in two months.

Busy

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very “Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don’t know if I want to be in this.”

Thinking

Week

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

Awards

Thinking

Years

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

Fans

People

Thinking

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

Convinced

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Achilles

Acting

Ambition

Animal

Awards

Belief

Believe

Belonging

Busy

Character

Children

Convinced

Curious

Cutting

Different

Done

Drama

England

Fans

Film

Firsts

Fun

Individual

Jobs

Jokes

Kids

Kind

Latin

Little Things

Los Angeles

Mean

Moments

Notes

People

Political

Reading

Realizing

Religious

Remember

Remember When

School

Science Fiction

Selfish

Silly

Soldier

Spiritual

Stupid

Thinking

Week

Years

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Quotes by James Callis

James Callis

Anybody who has political ambition has an Achilles heel.

Belief is everything when you’re performing something. If you don’t have the belief behind it, then that actually puts a shunt on the character. It’s like, “Does the character believe this for a minute?”

I never talk about filming until I’m actually on the set and I’ve got the job, because otherwise – “Oh yeah, I’m going to be so busy,” and then you’re going to see me in McDonald’s in two months.

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very “Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don’t know if I want to be in this.”

I think that there should be a Gaius Baltar Award for Moral Cowardice given out to people every year.

I think the level of devotion some sci-fi fans display turns other people off.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

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