Stephen Lang

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

— Stephen Lang

I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and…

— Stephen Lang

I get a lot of people coming up to me and saying, 'I really hate you.' And they say it in the…

— Stephen Lang

I've always been curious about why one man jumps out of a foxhole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest,…

— Stephen Lang

I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token, action sequences are great to do. They have…

— Stephen Lang

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have…

— Stephen Lang

I'm always reading plays, and when I find something that I really want to do, then I'll make the time to do…

— Stephen Lang

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew 'Terra…

— Stephen Lang

I've always been curious as to why one man jumps out of a fox-hole with a grenade and charges a machine gun…

— Stephen Lang

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you…

— Stephen Lang

I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.

— Stephen Lang

I don't want to, in any way, characterize a race or a people or get accused of racial profiling, but the Irish,…

— Stephen Lang

I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say…

— Stephen Lang

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.

— Stephen Lang

I like to understand, very specifically, what it is I'm seeing, and where it is and where it's going, and a lot…

— Stephen Lang

I think that war is diplomacy. There have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons and there are wars that…

— Stephen Lang

I watched the Tyson-Holyfield fight with Stallone. I remember when Tyson bit him, Sly looked at me and said, 'I think he…

— Stephen Lang

I can't imagine a more profoundly exciting experience than I had working on 'Avatar.' And whether I'm ever part of it again,…

— Stephen Lang

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell…

— Stephen Lang

I wouldn't say 'Avatar' changed my life, but it definitely changed my career.

— Stephen Lang

My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh…

— Stephen Lang

The world of 'Terra Nova' as we joined it... there is a certain amount of prosperity there, and in fact I would…

— Stephen Lang

I am very fond of the people, landscape, poetry, music, history and the Guinness. Being there makes me think of my mother…

— Stephen Lang

My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of…

— Stephen Lang

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. 'Terra Nova' is the…

— Stephen Lang