List of Michael Shannon Quotes

I Like To Play Characters That Get To Do It All - To Have A Bit Of Comedy Here And A Bit Of Pathos Here And A Bit Of Suspense Here, That's What's Fun.

I Just Keep Working On Things I Like, And Hope For The Best. I Hope People Enjoy Them.

That's One Of The Great Things About Acting - You Get To Pretend You're Somebody Else, Which Is Great If You Get Bored With Yourself.

I Never Went Into Acting To Be Able To Scare Everybody. If I'd Wanted To Frighten People, I Could Have Joined The C.i.a.

I Get Pretty Attached To The Majority Of The Characters I Play. I Can't Help Myself.

I Don't Pick My Roles By Genre; That's Kind Of Silly.

If You Don't Believe There's Some Organising Principle, Or Somebody Up In The Sky Pulling The Strings, Then It Can Be Very Stressful. And Nature Itself Is Very Arbitrary - It's Not Malevolent Or Benevolent; It Doesn't Even Know We're Here.

I Know This'll Sound Obnoxious, But Acting Was Very Much An Accident For Me. I Didn't Have, Like, Posters Of Marlon Brando In My Bedroom When I Was Growing Up.

I Think If You Watch A Lot Of What I Do, You're Going To Ultimately Walk Away Seeing Me. I Can't Hide - That Impression Is A Personal Impression People Have Of Me.

One Of The Reasons I'm An Actor Is Because I Was No Physical Specimen As A Child. I Wasn't Athletic And Didn't Have Any Prowess In That Regard. Growing Up In Kentucky, Most Little Boys Were Trying To Get Into Sports, And It Was Very Competitive, So That Was Not To Be. But I Did Want To Do Something.

There's Nothing Routine About 'boardwalk Empire.' It's Like Being In Some Secret Society Where They Call You Up And Tell You Where To Go: 'meet Us At The Corner Of Such And So.'

Well, I Think Anybody Who's Had A Baby Can Tell You That Once You Have A Baby, They Kind Of Become The Main Focus. I Don't Think There's Gonna Be A Lot Of Room For Anything Else.