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> [I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and rob a bank and jump in the screaming getaway car and tear through the city and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/i-realized-that-after-years-of-studying-shakespeare-and-chekhov-and/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

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## More by M. C. Gainey

> [All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/all-my-life-people-have-asked-me-what-i-was-so-mad-about-why-you-so/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've gotta face that was meant for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/with-a-face-like-this-there-aren-t-a-lot-of-lawyers-or-priest-roles/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [I just have that sort of face and when I got to Hollywood in the late '70s they took one look at me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/i-just-have-that-sort-of-face-and-when-i-got-to-hollywood-in-the-late/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/you-know-you-ve-been-around-a-long-time-when-your-stuntman-says-yeah/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/if-i-play-a-cop-it-s-always-a-racist-cop-or-a-trigger-happy-cop-or-a/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> ['Con Air' was kind of a turning point for me, in my mind. I never shot anybody in that movie - I never did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/con-air-was-kind-of-a-turning-point-for-me-in-my-mind-i-never-shot/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [You know what, it's a time honored tradition in movies in America that if you kill enough people in your 30s and 40s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/you-know-what-it-s-a-time-honored-tradition-in-movies-in-america-that/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/i-realized-that-after-years-of-studying-shakespeare-and-chekhov-and/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

> [With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-c-gainey/with-a-face-like-this-there-aren-t-a-lot-of-lawyers-or-priest-roles-2/)

[M. C. Gainey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-c-gainey/)

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