Sam Rockwell Quotes

• I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.

  Sam Rockwell

  Thinking, Actors, Anarchist

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• It's hard to not get typed in Hollywood. They really want to type you. I'm trying to avoid that, because I want to do a lot of things. I know what I'm capable of. I forgive them because they don't know. They haven't seen me play Hamlet. They're not going to cast me as an English aristocrat. I'm going to have to prove that on my own. That's okay. That's what you have to fight for if you want to be an artist.

  Sam Rockwell

  Fighting, Artist, Play

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure.

  Sam Rockwell

  Thinking, People, Realizing

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I have memories of films that nobody ever saw, that I was very proud of, and those are still great memories.

  Sam Rockwell

  Memories, Proud, Saws

  "Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken Talk SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, What Inspired Their Performances, Memorable Moments, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 11, 2012.

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• Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

  Sam Rockwell

  People, Acting, Technique

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• An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.

  Sam Rockwell

  Editors, Magic, Painter

  "Seven Psychopaths Q&A: 10 Minutes in Heaven With Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell". Interview with Andy Greenwald, grantland.com. October 11, 2012.

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• I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.

  Sam Rockwell

  Acting, Fuel, Want

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.

  Sam Rockwell

  Mother, Dad, Parent

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• I copied everything I did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens, I owe him some credit.

  Sam Rockwell

  Credit, Quests, Bills

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• You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.

  Sam Rockwell

  Like You, Used, Calories

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• You want to make a little money, and sometimes you want to play some really great parts. Sometimes they don't always coincide, or co-exist. Sometimes you've got to do good parts for no money and... You know, I sometimes can't do movies just for the money. I really can't. I mean, I've tried. Believe me, I'd love to just take the money and run. That might just be part of the equation, but there has to be something there. You have to be somewhat creatively satisfied.

  Sam Rockwell

  Running, Believe, Mean

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen.

  Sam Rockwell

  Years, Done

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• In theatre you can't ad lib, so you want to pick really good material, like David Mamet or Shakespeare or whatever. You want to be really careful about what you do. But in the movies, you do have more wiggle-room. You do have more opportunities to improvise. It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script.

  Sam Rockwell

  Fun, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I sometimes can't do movies just for the money. I really can't. I mean, I've tried. Believe me, I'd love to just take the money and run.

  Sam Rockwell

  Running, Believe, Mean

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. March 4, 2008.

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• I was certainly naïve about the judicial system in America. There's a lot of people who are in prison who are innocent. The system is very flawed.

  Sam Rockwell

  America, People, Prison

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• I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.

  Sam Rockwell

  Art, Character, Training

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• I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.

  Sam Rockwell

  Daughter, Mother, Coal Miners

  "Sam Rockwell on Outsiders, Mischa Barton and Their Lost Indie Gem Lawn Dogs" by Michael Adams, movieline.com. August 28, 2009.

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• I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'

  Sam Rockwell

  Parent, Cuckoos, Pieces

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• I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.

  Sam Rockwell

  Had A Great Time, Great Times

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• I'm not going to just do a dumb zombie movie, although I love zombie movies.

  Sam Rockwell

  Dumb, Zombie, Zombie Movie

  Interview with Scott Tobias, film.avclub.com. March 4, 2008.

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