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Corey Stoll

(1976) Television Actor United States

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Corey Stoll is a television actor from the United States, best known for The strain.

Quick Facts About Corey Stoll

Born: March 14, 1976
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: The strain
Spouse: Nadia Lovejoy Bowers

About Corey Stoll

Corey Daniel Stoll is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Russo in the first season of the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2013–2016), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination in 2013, and Dr. Ephraim Goodweather on the FX horror drama series The Strain (2014–2017). From 2020 to 2023, he portrayed Michael Prince, a business rival to protagonist Bobby Axelrod, in the Showtime series Billions. He was also a regular cast member on the NBC drama series Law & Order: LA (2010–2011).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Corey Stoll

Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find…

Born

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Certain media attracts more pulpy or low-brow things, especially when they're young. Finding the best story, in any particular medium, is going…

Brows

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I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not…

Believe

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I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the…

Acting

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My parents met when they were 16 and bonded over the antiwar movement.

Met

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My wife was pregnant while we were promoting 'Ant-Man,' and that was very exciting, to see, like, action figures of myself, as…

Action

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I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not…

Acting

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A play is not a tweet. It can't be compressed and embedded, and it definitely can't be delivered apologetically.

Definitely

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It's funny I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't…

Car

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When you're in a theater, it's about reaching the back rows. When you have a camera in your face, it's just about…

Back

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Having an opportunity to play different characters, and work in different mediums, that's what's fun. The worst question you could be asked…

Character

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I was not into B-movies. A lot of it is sloppy.

Lot

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I started with superhero stuff - 'X-Men' and 'Spider-Man' and 'Batman' and 'Hellboy' - but I wasn't familiar with 'The Strain' until…

Batman

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I made a choice in my career to not get hair plugs and not hide the fact that I was balding, and…

Career

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Growing up, I used to babysit, but, thinking back on what I was like at 15, this was probably a terrible idea.

Back

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What's really fun as the villain is working to get the audience to hate you.

Audience

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I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.

Actor

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I grew up really into comic books, and I actually thought I was going to be a comic-book artist. That was my…

Ambition

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I can walk down the street and nobody knows who I am.

Am

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The thing is that, often if you have time to research a role, sometimes it's hard to know exactly where to start.

Exactly

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I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt…

Fat

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Good writing is everything.

Everything

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Yes, I'm a New Yorker, born and bred. While I'm not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find…

Allen

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The good guy is only as strong as the bad guy.

Bad

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If I could grill for breakfast, I would.

Breakfast

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