Michael Cudlitz Quotes

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Michael Cudlitz

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 29, 1964

Cliched characters are cliches because they're people being described by people who are on the outside. If you take two sentences from anybody and reduce them to just that, that's what you're going to get.

Michael Cudlitz

I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of 'blue-collar working person.' I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.

Michael Cudlitz

My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.

Michael Cudlitz

We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's 'China Beach,' 'The West Wing,' or 'E.R.'

Michael Cudlitz

When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your sexuality or anything else that you have going on in your life.

Michael Cudlitz

I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on 'Beverly Hills 90210' for 4 1/2 years and ran their whole construction program. I did two other pilots as a coordinator for Aaron Spelling.

Michael Cudlitz

I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles.'

Michael Cudlitz

You've got to get your mind connected to the workout. Pay attention to what your body's doing. It's about connecting mind and the body. Visualize the muscles moving.

Michael Cudlitz

You've gotta take care of the body you've got. You've got to be fit. You've got to be active. You've got to be healthy. We don't need to be pictures in a magazine.

Michael Cudlitz

Everybody works in a different way, and I've worked with actors that have no training whatsoever who are phenomenal.

Michael Cudlitz

I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.

Michael Cudlitz

A lot of times, actors give so much power to the producers and the producing companies because, quite frankly, they have it. But we don't take the limited power that we have, which the power you initially have is to say 'no.' But 'no' in a positive way.

Michael Cudlitz

Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.

Michael Cudlitz

As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.

Michael Cudlitz

If you disarm someone's hands - they cannot kill you!

Michael Cudlitz

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

Michael Cudlitz

I've had some really wonderful opportunities in my career, 'Band of Brothers' being one of them. That's material that can really make a difference, but I don't think of that going into it - at least not consciously.

Michael Cudlitz

Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.

Michael Cudlitz

I can't play video games because I get too nervous. It just stresses me out.

Michael Cudlitz

Games are another place to find work, not only the voice stuff but in the motion capture stuff. It's exciting work.

Michael Cudlitz