From my experience and observing a lot of other people that often times that only happens - a transformational experience or shedding of the skin - happens when we are at the end of our road and there is pain… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
If you're ever making a television show, don't cast smart actors because they are just a pain in the ass. The moment you start… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
I love telling stories, whether I'm the human instrument that helps tell that story, or I'm the man behind the curtain. — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
'Deadwood' was just a wonderful opportunity for me. Outside of my own things that I've written, I hadn't had the opportunity to play a… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
From my experience and observing a lot of other people that often times that only happens - a transformational experience or shedding of the… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
'Rectify' is un-busy. It might soothe you, if not distract you, from all you got going on. — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
When I'm writing something and I'm really into it, that's all I can think about, and it becomes the most important thing in the… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
All the collaborators of storytelling, in film and television, have to be partly self-centered because they need to do their work the best they… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
There's not a conspiracy to prevent really good writing from being found You have to have the humility to fail over and over and… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better collaborator, in seeing the bigger picture and trying to just help that, and not be so self-centered in whatever… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
