American - Actor | 1963 -
Actors like to play bad guys because they're more fun. They also win more awards.
Dean Norris
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As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.
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To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.
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The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.
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For an actor, playing one character and transitioning to a completely different one is a dream come true.
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Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.
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My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.
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When I was in college I did a lot of comedy.
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When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.
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You go into any doughnut shop and look at three cops having coffee, I guarantee I look like one of them.
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I never had a month or so go by where I haven't had a job, but you always worry that someone will turn off the tap.
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The way I look at it, I'm a guy who acts to live.
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