I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. I was always singing. I thought if I… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
People know you as an actor, and labels are so comfortable for people. That syndrome is always hard to get past. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I always had a dramatic flair. I'd like to dress up like a cowboy, play make-believe. But I didn't realize acting was… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I've always been a searcher - you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Casting is a convoluted kind of trip. No one likes to be typed - even if you're a cab driver, or whatever… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Singing and acting are actually very similar things. Anyone can sing and anyone can be a film actor. All you have to… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I was offered a series by John Carpenter after I did the movie 'Christine,' and I would've been a leading man after… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power,… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I watch television. Game shows - I hate the hosts and the people on them, and I love the questions and the answers. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I never liked being ordered around - which, of course, was an overreaction. I eventually found out that I didn't mind being ordered around… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I worked with the best directors - Martin Scorsese, John Huston, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was great. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called 'She Married Her Boss' with Melvyn… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
When man began to think he was a separate person with a separate soul, it created a violent situation. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I was the classic killer. I always played an angry man. I think it was because I used to really be like that -… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I like to watch 'Paris, Texas,' but I have no desire to see it. I did it. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
