Best quotes by Michael Shannon on Acting

Checkout quotes by Michael Shannon on Acting

• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

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• ‟ Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.

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• ‟ I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

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• ‟ 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.

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