A. J. Bowen Quotes

United States, Actor
December 21, 1977

A. J. Bowen (born December 21, 1977) is an American actor and producer. He starred in The Signal (2007) and A Horrible Way To Die (2010). Bowen was born in Marietta, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia along with Jacob Gentry and David Bruckner. He was initially a musician.

Also known as Film Producer

To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.

A. J. Bowen
- Think
- Movies
- Fair
I did four movies where I gained, like, fifty pounds. I had curly hair, and I had all of this facial hair. I had put on all this weight for these movies, and I did four or five of them back-to-back. Then I cut the weight and I got fit again. I cut my beard and I took away the mustache, and people were like, 'What are you doing?'

A. J. Bowen
- People
- Hair
- Beard

I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

A. J. Bowen
- Human
- Intelligent
- Being
I love '80s horror.

A. J. Bowen
- Love
- I Love
- Horror
A lot of cable television is shot on a single camera. Our eyes are more trained to that. It takes the camera off the crane, away from observing the action, to becoming a character in the story along with everyone else. People are getting used to that.

A. J. Bowen
- People
- Character
- Action
To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.

A. J. Bowen
- You
- Actor
- Certainly
As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.

A. J. Bowen
- World
- Interesting
- Value