Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any. — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day,… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
If you are only getting two takes and you are on a crazy set where there is a lot of noise and… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I have been acting for over 20 years and I started in the smallest little theater that you can possibly imagine and… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I guess if there's one thing that might surprise people about me, it's that I'm very obedient. I'm kind of like a… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked.… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
A lot of times people will send me stuff. They will find something and they will send it to me and then I will… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The most fascinating part of movies is the organism of the movie - it's such a bizarre thing to do, to make a movie.… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I've never worried about anything in my life a fraction of the way I worry about my daughter. It's much more than hoping people… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
A lot of times the characters I play tend to be kind of loners or they don't have best friends or best buddies. — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing. — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I certainly don't want to have too many pre-conceived notions before I show up because then you might be cutting yourself off from the… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
