Ron Perlman Quotes

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Ron Perlman

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 13, 1950

Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational.

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So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.

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You know, I don't read the blogs, or go on the internet, and I really just don't know what people are saying because... well I guess I'm afraid to.

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Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show.

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I couldn't make it on the swimming team in high school. In fact, I got thrown off the swimming team and was forced to audition for the school play because they had at the audition about 35 girls show up and no boys, so my swimming coach suggested that I might be able to do the drama department more good than I was doing the swimming team.

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I'm continuing to do research into biker culture.

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I feel as though my criteria are based more on how challenging the role is, it doesn't have to fit into any particular profile, is it something that I've never done before, and is it something that I feel like I can really feel challenged and therefore fully engaged in, and that's when the work gets to be the most fun.

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I'm very happy.

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Well, I don't have an agenda.

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I do voicework all the time.

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Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

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I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

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I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.

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I'm kind of one of these guys who wants to play everything once before it's all over.

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It's really disgusting what Hollywood can do to a guy.

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I think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to understand my essence and what I would be good at doing, as opposed to what I would not be good at doing, so these little moments of beautiful things that were happening to me were consistent, but very few and very far between.

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Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me.

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I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city.

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I say yes to almost anything that comes my way.

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I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.

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