Jonathan Banks Quotes

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Jonathan Banks

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 31, 1947

It really bothers me that Stephen Cannell has died. I had lunch with him about eight months before he died, and... I really liked him. I really did.

Jonathan Banks

If I could ban boxing, I probably would, but I'll tell you in the same breath, I loved it growing up.

Jonathan Banks

People tell you who they are. There are big neon signs going off. 'Pay attention! This is who I am.' And most of us put out hands a little bit over our eyes. We don't see that.

Jonathan Banks

I say this to young actors: You don't get into this because you think you're average. You get into this because you think, 'I'm good.' It's an art form, and I'm an artist. But as an artist, you know there's not a soul in the world that's going to believe in you other than yourself.

Jonathan Banks

I was a janitor when I was 16, cleaning out garbage rooms in Washington, D.C., and they were foul. It gets really hot in D.C. in the summertime, and you then take on the essence of garbage. People would stand away from me on the sidewalk as I came toward them.

Jonathan Banks

God bless my mother - she's long gone now, but she'd work all day and go to school at night. She started out in life as a housekeeper at 15 years old, totally on her own, and she retired as a college professor. But there were some hard times. It's not easy for a woman who's only trying to do the best for her kid but who could never be home.

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There's a lot of people in my family who've adopted children.

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I was a latchkey kid from the time I was 7 years old.

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If I had my way, we'd rehearse things to death.

Jonathan Banks

You can never know your lines well enough, and you better listen.

Jonathan Banks

I think I've been cast as toughs as far as I can remember always, always.

Jonathan Banks

I've played a lot of bad guys over the years, a lot of hardcore guys. At the same time, I've done a lot of comedy.

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I do always get cast in these world-weary parts.

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I probably carry a fair amount of sarcasm in my daily life.

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That first episode of 'Newsroom,' the way it just cooked, I thought it was really good.

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'Homeland' is great.

Jonathan Banks

From the time I could visually perceive film or TV, I was just enthralled by it. I thought it was the most wonderful thing in the world.

Jonathan Banks

In my junior year, I saw 'Zorba the Greek' with Anthony Quinn, and I was transported by it. I wanted to live, laugh, travel.

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