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Jeffrey Dean Morgan

(1966) Actor United States

115 quotes in 446 categories

A Western is used as a metaphor when Morgan says the genre doesn’t over‑explain, highlighting his belief that some stories work best with simple, direct storytelling. He also shares that acting demands fortitude, that playing a villain feels freeing, and that he feels grateful for the privilege of staying in the business as he gets older.

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an actor from the United States.

Quick Facts About Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Born: April 22, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Known for: The Walking Dead
Spouse: Hilarie Burton

About Jeffrey Dean Morgan

He also appeared as Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy, Jason Crouse on The Good Wife, and Joe Kessler on The Boys. In film he played William Gallagher in P.S. I Love You, the Comedian in Watchmen, Clay in The Losers, Sgt. Maj Andrew Tanner in Red Dawn, and Agent Harvey Russell in Rampage. He starred in the History Channel miniseries Texas Rising.

Awards & Honors

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

Quotes by Jeffrey Dean Morgan

In a Western, you don't over-explain.

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Miami is not optimal for raising a child.

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Child

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I do some of my best work when I'm dead.

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Turns out I'm getting old.

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Jon Hamm - I know him. I love him.

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I've been dipping my toes back into TV.

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I like to push myself, you know.

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I am a family man at heart.

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Family

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I think you judge your career by the scripts that are being sent your way.

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Being

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I had no intention of being an actor, ever.

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Actor

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The directors you want to work with are in the television world.

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Cinema

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The great thing about Starz is that there's not a lot of restrictions.

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I didn't even know what a mark was, but I fell in love with acting.

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Acting

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I wasn't very good at it, but I knew that I loved acting immediately.

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Acting

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I usually play tough guys and stuff like that.

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Certainly I think being an absentee farther helps in adding a layer of conflict.

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Conflict

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I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

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Actor

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If you look at my resume, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being.

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Being

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The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

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Basketball

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I was an artist - I fancied myself an artist - I sold paintings at bars to pay my rent.

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Art

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If I could just make Westerns for the rest of my life, that's all I would do. It's my favorite movie to…

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Cowboy

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What's special about Miami is the collision of cultures. And the white sand beaches and fantastic restaurants.

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Comedian sort of enjoys the darkness because, essentially, he's a thug. He's just not a nice guy.

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Comedian

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Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself…

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Choice

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I love playing a villain. I think that there's something freeing about that, and it's a different kind of challenge. More than…

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Actor

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I don't know that I feel comfortable playing a villain; as a matter of fact I probably don't feel comfortable, which is…

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Character

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Some nights, a romantic dinner can be killed by having to do dishes afterward, so it probably suits you better to go…

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Sometimes in TV, it can get really stale, especially if you're doing these 23-episode years. It's a lot of work, and to…

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Puerto Rico is beautiful. I mean, I love it. But it's hard to film here. It's hard to film an action movie…

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Action

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Being an actor is a crazy way to spend one's life. It's the love of the game. Blind luck has a lot…

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Actor

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There were rumors I wasn't going to die. The whole cast was sitting around the table reading the script. I fell on…

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I literally will write Shonda Rhimes, the creator of 'Grey's,' an e-mail once a month or so and just say, 'Hey, I…

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City

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I'm learning a lot how to be good at what I do and also how lucky I am and take it all…

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I'm just a happy guy.

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Persistence pays off.

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I can't say enough about Ireland. I can't. I'd move there.

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I go to Comic-Con every year, generally with some project of some sort.

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Comic

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The work I'm doing on 'Watchmen' is mind bending and physically just hard.

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A 12-year-old can watch 'Spiderman.' A 12-year-old cannot watch 'Watchmen.'

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Not naming names, but it shocks me, some of the people who get the breaks.

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