Michael Shannon Quotes

It's always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make people believe that you're that guy, which is really hard.

Michael Shannon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1974

Topics

PeopleBelieveHonorSomeoneYou

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

Joan Miro

ArtFireSoulMustClinicalWorks

I think everybody has a moment in their career where you have to test whether it was right or wrong. We've all been there. I've looked back at performances of my own, where only you know if it is something you want to repeat. As long as you know when it's not right that you don't repeat it all the time.

Jessie J

TimeMomentThinkLongYouCareer

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

Jerome K. Jerome

BusinessHappyPeopleMeYouMore

I had the vocation for politics. What I didn't have was any aptitude for political combat. I took the attacks personally, which is a great mistake. It's never personal: It's just business. It was ever thus.

Michael Ignatieff

BusinessGreatPoliticsMistakeJust

For actors in Hollywood, it's very straightforward. We're well-paid animals in a zoo.

Robin Wright

AnimalsZooHollywoodStraightforward

It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.

Mary Steenburgen

PeopleThinkTestHollywoodOutGet

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

Miranda Otto

SpeakIf I CouldWellInterested

I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.

Dominic Cooper

TeacherCreativeSchoolSingingUsed

I grew up with six brothers, and I'm from Chicago, so princesses and Barbie dolls were not around the house. It was more like sports and comic books, so getting to work for Marvel is like my version of being able to be a princess.

Chloe Bennet

WorkSportsHousePrincessBarbie

I've never seen a town that's so connected and so proud of their team and so passionate about the game. That's what makes Dortmund stand out so much. The weather isn't very good, but it's just a great town to live in. It's really known for the soccer.

Christian Pulisic

GoodLiveGreatTeamWeatherProud

I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.

Chris Stapleton

ThinkEnoughIceYouIce CreamFan

There's not a second I regret having a child on my own.

Bridget Moynahan

ChildRegretMy OwnOwnSecond

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