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• ‟ There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ 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.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ 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.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago, originally. I wasn't one of those people that had a plan to pack up the van and drive out to Hollywood. I didn't want to.

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• ‟ I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

  - Michael Shannon
  

• ‟ 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.

  - Michael Shannon