Patrick Heusinger

Obviously I was talking to my parents and my girlfriend all the time, but it's one thing to finally be in the…

— Patrick Heusinger

Sociopaths are more complicated psychopaths; the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is a sociopath is incredibly charming. There are a…

— Patrick Heusinger

I read as many books about the psychology of a psychopath as I could and I researched what exactly happens to soldiers.

— Patrick Heusinger

I went into very deep research as to what exactly that meant and how sociopaths function psychologically and within the world.

— Patrick Heusinger

When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't see the bad guy.

— Patrick Heusinger

You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways:…

— Patrick Heusinger

Psychopaths don't have that charming skill set. They definitely manipulate, but they do it through focused, unskilled means. They're more obsessive.

— Patrick Heusinger

The role I played [in theatre] was originated by Ian McKellen in 1979 and he came. I didn't know he was there…

— Patrick Heusinger

I was eating with the help of a nutritionist so I was definitely putting in the appropriate calories and vitamins and minerals…

— Patrick Heusinger

For some roles, like when I was doing Bent, that was harder and I didn't find that helpful because I was so…

— Patrick Heusinger

When I did Casual, I just let myself put on weight because he's a schoolteacher. He's not meant to be muscle-y.

— Patrick Heusinger

I had just come off of doing a play in Los Angeles which actually got me the role. It was called Bent…

— Patrick Heusinger

I'm obsessive about my job and I want it to be as great as it can possibly be, especially right now in…

— Patrick Heusinger

You can hear how hard I work, I think, from these stories I'm telling. I'm incredibly dedicated and I'm sort of known…

— Patrick Heusinger

I had done a little bit one other time. This character [in Jack Reacher] is a psychopath, but I had been hired…

— Patrick Heusinger

A sociopath can imitate emotions, where a psychopath really doesn't have that capacity. They can't fool people into thinking anything and they're…

— Patrick Heusinger

You're working so hard and so many hours, you simply don't get to visit with everybody when you're gone for five months.…

— Patrick Heusinger

I'm a trained actor and I can always tone it down, I can always simplify the work I've done. But if I'm…

— Patrick Heusinger

I had heard that Tom [Cruise] was the same way, that he is incredibly dedicated. I was very excited to meet him…

— Patrick Heusinger

It's pretty tough on your loved ones to try to get back into a rhythm, especially when all you want to do…

— Patrick Heusinger

[Jack Reacher] is the longest I'd ever shot anything - and let's be clear, this is my first studio feature film -…

— Patrick Heusinger

I'm not a method actor but it certainly does help to have that kind of dedication. I treated my preparation like I…

— Patrick Heusinger

I change myself a lot. Some roles you don't want to be big, bulky, muscle-y guy and some roles you want to…

— Patrick Heusinger

The guy [Tom Cruise] is a machine.

— Patrick Heusinger

When I came on to Jack Reacher, I had just taken my girlfriend on vacation and ate everything I could. I put…

— Patrick Heusinger