Eric Roberts Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

And I'm as attached to my wife as anybody can be to another human being.

And then I bought my own horse, which I had until it died.

Another play I want to do is Burn This, again on stage. I'd actually love to do Burn This on-stage again - one of my hopes to make it as a movie too.

As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally.

But I can't remember who is in my CD player now.

But I had a white cat named Mercedes, who lived to be 16, who I got on the way home from the hospital after my automobile accident.

But if you love animals for all the right reasons- and that's just love and affection- then you're going to go after animals who need you.

But the thing about bad guys is that they have the biggest bosomed blond, they have great clothes and cars, and get great death scenes.

Every time there was ever a white cat that I saw that was homeless, I would take it.

I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.

I don't try to second guess people.

I enjoy playing anyone interesting.

I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest.

I have another movie called National Security with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn.

I ride my horses three to four times a week.

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

I'd love to do more music videos.

I'm a real bore.

I'm hoping to get out of playing evil incarnate people, and hopefully play more people like myself. I hope people see me as likeable.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

I've been in over 100 movies and three TV series and I think anybody who's heard of me probably knows what I look like.

My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.

My grandfather always had horses.

My wife and I have so much fun when we travel and find anything... like stray cats and squirrels.

My wife is the most loving, kind, and considerate person I've ever met with animals.

Rescuing animals is the only way to go.

So she arrived pregnant and now my wife has a horse. The mom is named Silk and the boy is named Sagan, after Carl Sagan.

Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident.

Star 80 changed my life and my career.

Sylvester Stallone is very funny and he's a great guy to hang out with.

The earth is a great big orphanage for most animals.

The last book I read I will talk about would be Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier.

The point of my explanation is I'm very subjective when it comes to describing my characters: they are all a little bit a part of me from the outside in or the inside out - but to put your mind at ease, I built Paul Snider from the outside in.

There are already 2 billion people too many on this planet, and god knows how many animals there are that are overflowing.

There are animals that are bred to be sold, but all the other animals need love too.

They say an actor plays roles best that are not him. I hope that's the case with me.

We also have between eight to fifteen squirrels that eat out of our hand every day.

We consider all our animals to be our kids.

We loved being in Russia and would love to go back again, especially to visit my namesake.

Well, I quit smoking three weeks ago and I had a hard day today not smoking.

Yeah, some of my college friends and I have been tinkering around for years, you know, just for fun.

Years later I made a movie with Wayne Newton, who has Arabians.

Trivia

Eric appeared in the late 2006 video "Smack That", sung by Akon featuring Eminem.

As of 2006, his most recent major gig is A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints.

In 1984, Eric won a Boston Society of Film Critics award for his portrayal in the movie Star 80.

Eric won a Golden Satellite Award in 2002 for his portrayal of Will Butler in "Less Than Perfect".

Eric has starred in 13 movies with his wife.

His favorite colours are blue and gray.

Eric is the brother of extremely famous Hollywood star Julia Roberts. Although they don't have a close relationship.

Roberts was nominated an Academy Award in 1985 for his role as Buck in Runaway Train. The category was Best Supporting Actor.

Eric plays the jilted groom in Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" music video.