Michael Shannon Quotes

One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.

Michael Shannon

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Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.

Oscar Isaac
- Play
- Mean
- Guitar
We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.

Randeep Hooda
- Great
- School
- Society
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.

Faith Evans
- Music
- School
- Pretty
As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.

Taylor Wilson
- Science
- Kid
- Excited
Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

Edith Head
- Job
- Want
- Try
I pretty much preach, teach and nag.

Laura Schlessinger
- Pretty
- Teach
- Preach