Powers Boothe

That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave.

— Powers Boothe

Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me.…

— Powers Boothe

I was raised a proper Southern boy.

— Powers Boothe

I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.

— Powers Boothe

The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

— Powers Boothe

When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own…

— Powers Boothe

I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in…

— Powers Boothe

I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to…

— Powers Boothe

Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.

— Powers Boothe

I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.

— Powers Boothe

I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.

— Powers Boothe

I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted…

— Powers Boothe

You don't do classics with a Texas accent.

— Powers Boothe

I like to think of myself as fairly intellectual.

— Powers Boothe

I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I…

— Powers Boothe

We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying…

— Powers Boothe

I think Im pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

— Powers Boothe

I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it…

— Powers Boothe

There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers.

— Powers Boothe

I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

— Powers Boothe

I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky…

— Powers Boothe

Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children.

— Powers Boothe

I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

— Powers Boothe

Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to…

— Powers Boothe

I'm really enjoying the character now, but I don't want to just be Philip Marlowe. I wouldn't mind playing him every couple…

— Powers Boothe