I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone. — 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 that. I would have played a private investigator. And I was offered a great deal - I would… — 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
I do the same series of five exercises 21 times each day - an ancient Tibetan practice that stimulates your chakras. — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys… — Harry Dean Stanton Copy Share Image
