Robert Knepper Quotes

• When people come up to me and say 'I hate you' or 'I love to hate you,' it's not the usual response that I thought I would've gotten halfway into my career. And then they say, 'I love your work.'

  Robert Knepper

  Hate, Love You, Careers

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• Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.

  Robert Knepper

  Guy, Persons, Know How

  "Robert Knepper Talks CULT, Playing a Cult Leader, Frank Darabont’s LOST ANGELS, and R.I.P.D". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 15, 2013.

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• I would love to have the power to be the just eternally perfect husband so my wife would always be happy; that would take me to heaven if I could figure that one out.

  Robert Knepper

  Husband, Perfect, Wife

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater.

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  Character, Ideas, Acting

  Source: collider.com

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• Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

  Robert Knepper

  Crazy, Sometimes

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• I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.

  Robert Knepper

  Grateful, Laughing, So Grateful

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• Prison Break really changed me to somebody that can put butts in seats.

  Robert Knepper

  Prison, Break, Changed

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• How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

  Robert Knepper

  People, Best Work, Ballgame

  "Cult ‘s Robert Knepper on Method, Prison Break , and Unleashing the Dark Side" by Andrew Fish, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 14, 2013.

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• When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.

  Robert Knepper

  Growing Up, Kids, Discipline

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• My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

  Robert Knepper

  Life Is, Accepting

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• I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.

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  Dad, Television, Grew Up

  Source: collider.com

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• The crew, the actors and the writers all work the same way. We always want to do the best job.

  Robert Knepper

  Jobs, Best Job, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I've had so much fun working on 'Shameless.'

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  Fun, Shameless

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• I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

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  Grateful, Thinking, Actors

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• There's this great fantasy of going to work, every day, and getting to play out what people think my life is, as a successful actor.

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  Successful, Thinking, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."

  Robert Knepper

  Dog, Beach, Successful

  Source: collider.com

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• Any great movie in the old days has a red herring. Hitchcock was so good at that.

  Robert Knepper

  Red, Hitchcock, Old Days

  Source: collider.com

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• I was the little kid growing up. I wasn't picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from the bullies.

  Robert Knepper

  Running, Growing Up, Kids

  "How Robert Knepper Makes Bad Look So Good". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. March 8, 2013.

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• I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.

  Robert Knepper

  Girl, Independent, Simple

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• I do a happy dance even when I get a guest-star role.

  Robert Knepper

  Stars, Roles, Guests

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• I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television'; it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

  Robert Knepper

  Father, Hate, Kids

  "Robert Knepper and Ray Park Get Villanous in Heroes". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. September 18, 2009.

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• With comedy, if you write something for me, I'm better at it. I'm not sure I'm so good at improvisational stuff.

  Robert Knepper

  Writing, Stuff, Comedy

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• I thought I'd never do film, let alone television. I was a diehard theater nut.

  Robert Knepper

  Nuts, Television, Film

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• I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!

  Robert Knepper

  Believe, Love Is, Theater

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• What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.

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  Sports, Play, Balls

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