Skip to content

Chris Bauer

21 quotes in 220 categories

[Wikipedia] Chris Bauer is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in The Wire, Third Watch, True Blood, Survivor's Remorse, The Deuce, and the science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. He has also appeared on Broadway, as Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, and has originated roles

Quotes by Chris Bauer

The idea of a regular-looking guy who is the lead of something - whether it's a movie or a show - is…

Grows

Image

I would have to say that because I've lived in so many cities, by no means do I feel it's fair to…

About

Image

The hardest thing in the world to play is something close to myself.

Hardest

Image

I've always felt like we're all human beings and we're all basically given the tools to make whatever choices we want to…

Acts

Image

The actor in me always wants to link himself to a leader who's inspired.

Actors

Image

I love any challenge that comes my way, and I've been lucky to have many.

Challenges

Image

I am the kind of actor who will do just about anything.

About

Image

The Emmys seem like an entity unto themselves that have an agenda that sometimes corresponds to quality, sometimes doesn't.

Agenda

Image

I really feel like 'True Blood' is a big, giant slice of cake for the audience every week; it's offering people 60…

Audience

Image

I've just always been a fan of really fringy, outsider things, and I've always been a balloon in the wind, in terms…

Balloons

Image

I love being a clutch member of the team, but I hope, in the future, I get a little bit more story…

Air

Image

I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Giants fan,…

Am

Image

Frank Sobotka in 'The Wire' on HBO was one of the greatest characters I've ever played. They cut his throat at the…

About

Image

I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh.

Funny

Image

I'm not a guy who likes cliches. I don't think that stereotypes and cliches are the end of the line, when it…

Cliche

Image

I'm the kind of guy who would say, "Yeah, I'll do that!," and then, when it came down to it, I would…

Guy

Image

You can always find contradictions and hope, in hopeless circumstances, and a sense of redemption in somebody who makes the same mistake,…

Circumstances

Image

You shouldn't need 60 full minutes to create a portrait that an audience doesn't forget. You should be able to make an…

Able

Image

Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid.

Angle

Image

In my experience, it tends to be a real reflection of someone's intelligence, confidence and sensitivity when they can just be real.

Being real

Image

I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me…

Actors

Image