David Soul Quotes
"Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor."
- David Soul
(Related: Music, Actor, First)
"Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others."
- David Soul
(Related: Home, Possibility, Identity, Open)
"Nobody teaches you to be a father. Nobody teaches you to be a husband. Nobody teaches you how to be a star. You have to learn to work with the tools."
- David Soul
(Related: Work, Father, Husband, Tools)
"To deal with the stark reality of having hit or hurt a woman or child, to deal with the initial responsibility you have not to do that and the knowledge you did do it, can be incredibly hard."
- David Soul
(Related: Knowledge, Hurt, Reality, Responsibility, Woman)
"One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre."
- David Soul
(Related: Heart, Church, Beliefs, Community, Football, Spirit, Theatre)
"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."
- David Soul
(Related: Work, Actors, Night)
"Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards."
- David Soul
(Related: Work, Beginning, Driving, Force, Obligation, Personality, Trying)
"It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body."
- David Soul
(Related: Body, Gravity)
"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."
- David Soul
(Related: History, Science, Father, Footsteps, Influence)
"People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education."
- David Soul
(Related: Education, Music, Thought, People, First, Folk, Job, Songs)
"Being on the move all the time is draining, but the rewards make up for it."
- David Soul
(Related: Time, Being)
"Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK."
- David Soul
(Related: Exercise, Tennis)
"It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century."
- David Soul
(Related: Theatre)
"At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing."
- David Soul
(Related: Choice, Old, School, Years)
"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."
- David Soul
(Related: Opportunity, Children)
"I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods."
- David Soul
(Related: Love, Diversity)
"I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained."
- David Soul
(Related: Actor)
"I was born into a family of preachers."
- David Soul
(Related: Family)
"I was never jailed. The fact is that I was arrested, but I went into a diversion programme, and by that time I'd already begun working in what was called anger management. It was a painful and awful moment."
- David Soul
(Related: Anger, Time, Management, Fact)
"I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive."
- David Soul
(Related: Acting, Living, Now, Support)
"If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist."
- David Soul
(Related: Theatre, Tradition)
"A job is a very healthy thing to do."
- David Soul
(Related: Job)