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My mother always wanted a boy. My father never did.
Joe Penny -
I've been building a future for myself outside of acting.
Joe Penny
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I'm one of those workaholics, the kind of guy who may drop with a cardiac arrest around 55.
Joe Penny -
I never had any formal voice training, but it's something I always wanted to do. 'So I negotiated a deal with a recording studio after I gathered enough material for a record. I put a group together and just went ahead and did it. What the hell.
Joe Penny -
There are a lot of actors out there who don't have an arena to present their stuff.
Joe Penny -
I think you could turn on any channel and see a sexy guy, depending on your barometer of what sexy is.
Joe Penny -
Working in TV films has a lot of advantages over the daily grind of doing an hour series.
Joe Penny -
I was surrounded by a lot of people not doing what they wanted to do.
Joe Penny
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I'm not changing because I'm part of a hit. People around me have changed in their attitude toward me, but I haven't changed. And I won't.
Joe Penny -
I grew up very fast. I was always hanging around with older kids.
Joe Penny -
I was once described as being mediumly handsome, and that's a right-on analysis for me.
Joe Penny -
With films, you are not so much on a schedule. TV is all about scheduling.
Joe Penny -
The day I came in and found another actor's name on my dressing room door, and my stuff out in the hall, that was the day I learned my lesson.
Joe Penny -
Most of the time I play heroes, guys who don't have an edge.
Joe Penny
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In a series, you have the luxury of time to establish the character and build a rhythm. In a TV movie, you've got to come up with the rhythm now. Right now.
Joe Penny -
You get used to that work mode, get used to always doing something.
Joe Penny -
In TV films, it's nice to get out of town for six weeks or two months, whatever it is, do your thing, and you're out, ready for the next assignment.
Joe Penny -
We all are so serious when we are younger.
Joe Penny -
I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.
Joe Penny -
I save my money, brother. I don't spend what I don't make.
Joe Penny