Quote

If you look at the careers of Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, none of them shot up in terms of fame or fortune or recognition, they laid a platform of good, solid work and became better and better.

Max Irons

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Max Irons
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: October 17
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Camden
England
Good
Became
Paul
Terms
Laid
Careers
Recognition
Seymour
Term
Shot
Streep
Better
Shots
Philip
Look
Fortune
Platform
Looks
None
Platforms
Work
Fame
Solid

More quotes by Max Irons

Image
I've always wanted to be a fighter pilot. But I don't want to kill people. I'd hate to.
Max Irons
Image
I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable.
Max Irons
Image
Towards the end, one of them [children in The White Queen] was older than I was in real life.
Max Irons
Image
Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.
Max Irons
Image
I know I haven't done it. I've done a couple of films, which were intended to go straight up. Thankfully they didn't. So now, I think that's what I need to do. I just need to grow as an actor.
Max Irons
Image
I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about that place.
Max Irons
Image
As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.
Max Irons
Image
The Host' is very much in the same vein as 'Twilight', and there's clearly a huge fan base out there. But I can't imagine myself being as huge as Robert Pattinson. I'm not sure I could handle that level of fame.
Max Irons
Image
I don't think I've got enough energy to be competitive! Most of my energy is just devoted to me being nervous and trying to deal with the situation.
Max Irons
Image
People say 'follow in the footsteps' but I always find that a strange expression because what you want to do is forge your own path, so to speak.
Max Irons
Image
As an actor, variety is the spice of life. I love theatre… it's what I enjoy the most. But a bit of TV, a bit of film, a bit of stage - what more could you ask for?
Max Irons
Image
You know, Taylor Lautner, with a body like that, he should be taking his shirt off. For me, it's not so essential.
Max Irons
Image
The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Max Irons
Image
I was supposed to go up for something recently that was a six-year commitment, and I didn't want to do it. It was a terrible part as well. I don't want to be doing six years of something. I'd go crazy.
Max Irons
Image
Well, I couldn't spell my name until I was eight - my second name. I was so dyslexic. Max I could do. Irons, nope.
Max Irons
Image
People often find it surprising that actors find photo shoots difficult, because you're very concerned about what's going on externally in those things when you have to be concerned with what's going on internally as an actor.
Max Irons
Image
I don't look on the Internet it's a world of pain.
Max Irons
Image
Less so here, I’ve noticed. I can see why there’s a misconception that it’s easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn’t work out at all. In fact, it’s the reverse.
Max Irons
Image
If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.
Max Irons
Image
Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.
Max Irons