Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
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I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.
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I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?
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I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone.
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My sister tells me I began singing before I could even talk. My first performance was of a song called My Blue Heaven, which I began singing when I was a year and a half.
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Silence is the most powerful state.
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Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, fame. It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.
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The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called She Married Her Boss with Melvyn Douglas.
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People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.
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You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.
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I've had chances to record albums, which I haven't done.
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Study up on the Eastern religions. They're the only ones that are realistic. There's no answer, see.