Michael Kelly Quotes

Michael Kelly

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 22, 1969

I think Netflix is responsible for what will become how we view television.

Michael Kelly

Back when Donald Trump was just starting in the primaries, and I was asked, 'What do you think of Trump?' I would say, 'Donald Trump is a great example of someone in our country being able to truly do anything. You can dream, you can do it. And that's a great example of that. But when the primaries are over, Donald Trump will be gone.'

Michael Kelly

This country, the people of our country, owe our military so much. These are the people that go out there and literally risk their lives to protect our freedom.

Michael Kelly

When are boots in the ground no longer going to have to even be people, and is that right? When does it become 'Star Wars?' When is enough enough? When do we put this time and energy into eliminating war or reasons for war instead of creating new technology to make war easier for us?

Michael Kelly

I worked construction clean-up. I was driving a pickup truck at the age of 14 on a construction site. I loved building and being part of the process. You got to see your work.

Michael Kelly

I've done so many jobs. As an actor, you have to. I didn't have my parents footing the bill when I moved to New York. I moved here with, like, 300 bucks. I was a bike messenger. I was a waiter. I was a bartender. I worked in a consignment shop for high-end designers.

Michael Kelly

My mom always told me to set goals for myself. And slowly going through and checking those things off of my list, that feels like success to me.

Michael Kelly

First and foremost, it's my mom and dad who gave me the foundation, the belief in me that I could do anything.

Michael Kelly

Trump doesn't have a plan. There's a screw loose, and he's got a really short fuse. Do you really want the leader of the free world with his finger on the button to have a short fuse?

Michael Kelly

I like to think I'm a good, kind person who does the right thing, but I don't ever feel sorry for someone who didn't get the part that I got. Not for one second.

Michael Kelly

I think that every generation will say that technology has gone too far. That's probably always going to be the case. We can't even imagine what our children will have in their adult lives.

Michael Kelly

The most important thing you can do as an actor is bring as much of yourself to the character to ground the character in some sort of reality, and then you build around it and on top of it.

Michael Kelly