Michael Shannon

What I'm angry about, and I've gone on record saying this, is I think that financiers get away with murder. They realize…

— Michael Shannon

I'm just kind of odd. There are dark forces in the world, and if you pay attention to what's going on around…

— Michael Shannon

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

— Michael Shannon

The thing about New York is, more than any other place I've ever been, you run into people on the street that…

— Michael Shannon

I'll tell you what's funny about it [NSA wiretapping]: They tell us we got to cut the budget; we have to have…

— Michael Shannon

I'm equally terrified of both comedy and drama. The only thing I'm really comfortable with is action.

— Michael Shannon

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the…

— Michael Shannon

I think if you watch a lot of what I do, you're going to ultimately walk away seeing me. I can't hide…

— Michael Shannon

Design is the fundamental creative activity with which we direct our lives, and collectively, the earth's transformation from its original, natural state…

— Michael Shannon

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I…

— Michael Shannon

I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front…

— Michael Shannon

It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get…

— Michael Shannon

This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I…

— Michael Shannon

Most of the time for movies and stuff, with the exception of Jeff Nichols, who I've worked with a few times, you…

— Michael Shannon

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever…

— Michael Shannon

The magic word for me is pumpernickel. I love pumpernickel. I must have some Russian blood in me because I could just…

— Michael Shannon

I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every…

— Michael Shannon

Everybody's constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others.

— Michael Shannon

If Mother Theresa went to Atlantic City, I don't think she'd start playing Blackjack.

— Michael Shannon

If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

— Michael Shannon

It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world…

— Michael Shannon

I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private…

— Michael Shannon

As an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day,…

— Michael Shannon

When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in…

— Michael Shannon

What should really be happening is a revolution. The system should be torn apart by the people and banks shouldn't be allowed…

— Michael Shannon