Action Quote by Michael Shannon

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos…

— Michael Shannon

A lot of times people will send me stuff. They will find something and they will send it to me and then I will…

— Michael Shannon

The most fascinating part of movies is the organism of the movie - it's such a bizarre thing to do, to make a movie.…

— Michael Shannon

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was…

— Michael Shannon

Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story…

— Michael Shannon

I've never worried about anything in my life a fraction of the way I worry about my daughter. It's much more than hoping people…

— Michael Shannon

A lot of times the characters I play tend to be kind of loners or they don't have best friends or best buddies.

— Michael Shannon

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

— Michael Shannon

If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving…

— Michael Shannon

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my…

— Michael Shannon

When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it…

— Michael Shannon

I certainly don't want to have too many pre-conceived notions before I show up because then you might be cutting yourself off from the…

— Michael Shannon