Clancy Brown Quotes

United States, Actor
January 5, 1959

Clarence J. Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles as the Kurgan in the fantasy film Highlander (1986), Captain Byron Hadley in the prison drama film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Career Sergeant Charles Zim in the sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997) and Brother Justin Crowe in the television series Carnivàle (2003–05). He has also provided his voice to films, television series, and video games, including Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present), Lex Luthor in various media, Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games (1997–2003), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Lt. Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018).

Also known as Voice Actor

There's a lot of people out here that spend a lot of time in promotion, and that just seems like a big waste of time to me.

Clancy Brown
- People
- Time
- Promotion
Can I, just one time, play the good guy?

Clancy Brown
- Time
- Good
- Guy

First time directors - they may not make good movies all the time but they are always the best directors to work for because they’re always so excited, always so committed to what they’re trying to do.

Clancy Brown
- Time
- Good
- Work
I would have had fun doing just about anything.

Clancy Brown
- Fun
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.

Clancy Brown
- Trying
- Why
- Way
Star Wars - the movie I saw 12 times as a 17-year-old. The movie that began a cultural and creative universe that now spans generations. For me to be a part of this in The Clone Wars is a dream come true.

Clancy Brown
- True
- Movie
- Dream
There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.

Clancy Brown
- Thinking
- Done
- Couple
I enjoyed it from a very early age. When I had to make my own living after college, I decided to give doing what I enjoyed most a shot as a profession. It worked out and I’ve never had to 'work' for a living since. If I hadn’t gotten so lucky, there were plenty of options open to me being, after all, a young educated white male in America.

Clancy Brown
- Work
- America
- Age

It used to be that a son could look at the father, and pretty much know what life was gonna be like as an adult. There was confidence in that, and comfort in that, and frustration also.

Clancy Brown
- Life
- Father
- Pretty
If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it.

Clancy Brown
- Good
- Way
- Actor
I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.

Clancy Brown
- Level
When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.

Clancy Brown
- People
- Matter
- Excellent
It was my second film," said Brown. "It was all completely new to me and wonderful and amazing. I would have had fun doing just about anything.

Clancy Brown
- Fun
- Amazing
- Film
Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice.

Clancy Brown
- Voice
- Generation

I have something to say: it's better to burn out, than to fade away.

Clancy Brown
- Fade Away
Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

Clancy Brown
- Nature
- Political
- Color