W. Earl Brown

When you get out of college, you think, "I've learned all I need to learn."

— W. Earl Brown

John Belushi made me want to be an actor.

— W. Earl Brown

David Milch, twice I got lectures from him about the theory of writing. I told my wife one night when I got…

— W. Earl Brown

I wanted to make a comfortable living and raise a family, and that's what I did.

— W. Earl Brown

I once did a film in which I was being chased by wolves. I had a scene where the Alpha of the…

— W. Earl Brown

Sometimes, I have played something that psychologically sticks with me, that's opposite of where I am. I guess I have a lot…

— W. Earl Brown

I grew up in Murray, Kentucky. My wife is from there, also.

— W. Earl Brown

While my megalomania knows no bounds, directing is one thing I have never really done. I directed a couple of plays. That…

— W. Earl Brown

My wife married me when the odds were that I'd be a house-painting bouncer for the rest of my days. She has…

— W. Earl Brown

I told my wife once, 'I feel like I'm getting paid to sit at the feet of Aristotle.' Some people are like,…

— W. Earl Brown

My best friend growing up was a truck driver, and it was big in truck stops. He'd have his 'Deadwood' DVDs, and…

— W. Earl Brown

I remember vividly, as a kid, my mother had 'Jesus Was a Capricorn' and used to listen to it over and over…

— W. Earl Brown

I was a bouncer when I was in DePaul in Chicago at the theater school. I threw drunks out of bars -…

— W. Earl Brown

All stories boil down to good vs. evil, and that's what the archetypal American Western was.

— W. Earl Brown

I consider William Gay one of the great writers that no one has ever heard of.

— W. Earl Brown

I am a music freak. My tastes run the gamut from Willie Nelson to Metallica to Miles Davis.

— W. Earl Brown

Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do.…

— W. Earl Brown

I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and…

— W. Earl Brown

David Milch is one of the smartest human beings I've ever met. I'm relatively bright and relatively well-read. I'm not in a…

— W. Earl Brown

I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an…

— W. Earl Brown

I grew up playing cowboy, and I still have all my Johnny West toys from when I was a kid. I have…

— W. Earl Brown

To make a low-budget independent is not easy work.

— W. Earl Brown

While I do not want to live my life like Lemmy chose to live his, I can't help but admire the strength…

— W. Earl Brown

If the writing is good, I'm there. If it's something I've never done before, I'm up for that, too.

— W. Earl Brown

Stories have a way of telling themselves.

— W. Earl Brown