Michael Shannon Quotes

One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.

Michael Shannon

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• Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.

  

  Rafael Yglesias
  • People
  • Time
  • Learn

• When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that much. It's like that girlfriend you don't want to have anymore. You don't think about her anymore. Or ex-husband. You just don't.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Think
  • Want
  • Husband

• I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Quality
  • Like
  • Genre

• If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.

  

  Vic Snyder
  • Great
  • Attitude
  • Fat

• They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Acting
  • Same
  • Laws

• I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Music
  • Beautiful
  • Song

• Now I have the bravery to do fine things.

  

  Gabriela Sabatini
  • Things
  • Now
  • Bravery

• I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Riding

• The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Jesus
  • Heaven
  • Teacher

• I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Small
  • Back
  • Going

• The most important political task facing the out-of-power party - the Democrats for now - is creating a villain to run against. It's certainly easier than developing some grand new ideas or policies on which to campaign.

  

  Pat Sajak
  • Important
  • Power
  • Political

• I gather most people don't remember that when the U.S. Open first went to Pebble Beach in 1972, a big deal was made of the Open going to a public course for the first time.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • People
  • Time
  • Remember

• I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Feel
  • Young
  • Old

• There are games where I go a whole game without saying a word. There are games where I'm talking the whole game. It really depends on the mood and vibe that I'm in that day.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Game
  • Day
  • Mood

• I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember.

  

  Taylor Momsen
  • Writing
  • Remember
  • Singing

• A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

  

  Alexander Graham Bell

• For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

  

  Elizabeth Kostova
  • Beautiful
  • Travel

• I personally go to the airport looking like a homeless person, because I think people will leave me alone. But I dress myself with my luggage - all my luggage matches.

  

  Andre Leon Talley
  • People
  • Alone
  • Homeless

• Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

  

  Questlove
  • Up
  • Losing
  • Circle

• Drama as an art is quite unspeakable, although some old plays are admirable as a form of vulgar amusement.

  

  Xu Zhimo
  • Drama
  • Amusement
  • Unspeakable

• 'No Bones' has some reverb that I kick around.

  

  J Mascis
  • Bones
  • Some
  • Kick

• My characters are not thinking about the act breaks. They're thinking about what they need to do to move forward. As long as I focus on that, the story starts to progress. As soon as I think, 'We're 20 pages in, something better blow up,' we're in trouble.

  

  Jeff Nichols
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Long

• One thing I'm a big fan of is the theater of the absurd. That's what I come from, that's what I love to do more than anything. What I love about absurdity is the words "comedy" and "drama" get thrown out the window and it's just life, which is absurd.

  

  Michael Shannon
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Window