When I was coming up, everybody wanted to be Tom Hanks. There was always Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - they were the heavily dramatic stuff. I always had a foot in both camps. The hardest thing was to resist the advice to be like someone else. It took me a while to figure that out.

John Slattery

Advice Al Al Pacino Always Both Camps Coming De Niro Dramatic Else Everybody Figure Foot Had Hardest Like Me Niro Out Resist Robert Someone Stuff The Hardest Thing Thing Tom Tom Hanks Took Up Wanted Were While

Related Quotes

I wanted to be Dustin Hoffman or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino. I thought I was going to be a dramatic actor, but comedy sort of started out first, and I was like, 'Maybe I'll find some more drama later on in my career.'

— Jason Bateman

ActorAlAl Pacino

I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.

— Jackie Chan

AsianDe NiroNiro

It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth.

— Ellen Barkin

AlAl PacinoCast

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

— Alexandra Guarnaschelli

HardestHardest ThingMe

Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

— Liam Hemsworth