79 Quotes by Tony Todd

I tried the swimming team, but nobody came to the matches. But they did show up for the plays.

I did a film in Nairobi, Kenya called 'The Last Elephant,' with John Lithgow, Isabella Rosallini, and James Earl Jones. So I was in seventh heaven, alright? About a year later I get a call from my agent and he says they want to see you for this project called Candyman. I thought he was joking so I hung up.

I can't speak to what makes people think that I'm scary.

So I grew up watching film noir, you know the classic stuff. William Holden, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, all those.

It's like going back home... It really is a family on '24.'

My love is the theater.

When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.

I was raised by my aunt and we bonded over the eight-o-clock movie on TV. We'd watch everything from James Cagney in 'White Heat' to Lon Chaney in 'The Wolf Man' and every Bogart movie.

Even if you do a great performance, if you have a weak link in the film, that's all anyone remembers.