Ray Stevenson

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

— Ray Stevenson

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

— Ray Stevenson

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

— Ray Stevenson

There's not a lot of direct back story but you do get to see them playing around each other a lot.

— Ray Stevenson

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

— Ray Stevenson

[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.

— Ray Stevenson

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

— Ray Stevenson

I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan.

— Ray Stevenson

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many…

— Ray Stevenson

The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around…

— Ray Stevenson

The best piece of advice I've ever been given was, 'Be in the business you're in.' Don't just be a satellite around…

— Ray Stevenson

The weird thing is, in America, people were saying, "You're not going to get recognized because all you're going to see is…

— Ray Stevenson

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you…

— Ray Stevenson

Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a…

— Ray Stevenson

I didn't want people to go out wanting to go tool up against the bad guys (and at impressionable ages). I said,…

— Ray Stevenson

Working at night helps people focus in on this crazy little bubble you've created, wherever you are filming. It doesn't matter where…

— Ray Stevenson

When you're wearing jeans there's a shift in your center of gravity. A costume like this and a character like this, there's…

— Ray Stevenson

As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that…

— Ray Stevenson

It does if you put yourself out there being a pirate. It's like if you have an army and your army sit…

— Ray Stevenson

I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I…

— Ray Stevenson

The pamphlets going back to London telling of the violent derring-dos of the Bahamian pirates were the ones that brought infamy to…

— Ray Stevenson

They're {Marvel] the ones who have went out and bought the comic book whenever it came out. They're the real investors. They…

— Ray Stevenson

I'm Volstag and what you see is what you get. He's a bon vivant lover of life epicurean goodfellow. He's a god,…

— Ray Stevenson

It's all about the integrity of their characters. They [Marvel] care so much about the loyalty and integrity of each and every…

— Ray Stevenson

Really Edward Teach, Blackbeard, was actually tall, so he was literally larger than life and so he knew that and actually the…

— Ray Stevenson

I never thought I would get to have my own action figure.

— Ray Stevenson

When many different voices send you in different directions, you can't listen to your own.

— Ray Stevenson

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

— Ray Stevenson

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.

— Ray Stevenson

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

— Ray Stevenson

I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents.

— Ray Stevenson

If the project piques my interest and scares me a little bit, then it's got me hooked.

— Ray Stevenson

When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.

— Ray Stevenson

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

— Ray Stevenson

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

— Ray Stevenson

For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to…

— Ray Stevenson

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. That's the genuis of having Ken Branagh here as well.…

— Ray Stevenson

I like bringing little subtle complexities to a character. It's all about the subtext. No one can really describe or fully know…

— Ray Stevenson

Hence the genius of having Ken steer this ship as well. You have to invest these characters with a Shakespearian quality and…

— Ray Stevenson

It really reminds me of the great movies of the 30's and 40's with huge sets and voluminous fireplaces you could walk…

— Ray Stevenson