First of all, I never think of my characters as good or evil. I play them as honestly as I can. When you're playing a good character, you have an idea that you're playing the hero and the good guy. Dennis Haysbert More Quotes by Dennis Haysbert More Quotes From Dennis Haysbert If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic. Dennis Haysbert either actor were teacher When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an independent, you get films that are really close to the writers' and directors' heart. Somehow it becomes a little deeper. A little more meat and not as much flash. Dennis Haysbert good money work heart I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people. Dennis Haysbert loving think heaven people I think I'd make a great superhero. I'm serious. I want to play a superhero, and I've already got one in mind. I think I've still got the body for the costume, and it's something I really want to do. Dennis Haysbert great think serious mind Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying or getting overly angry or to maintain control. Dennis Haysbert laugh you angry sometimes People want good stories. Dennis Haysbert good stories want people I pride myself on being limber. Dennis Haysbert being myself pride The bottom line is people are people, and the sooner we realise that, the better off things are going to be. Dennis Haysbert going better things people I really do believe that was what I was put on this planet to do: to give to people and, through my performances, show them another world - in the case of '24,' to show them what a politician, black or white, should be. Basically, I wanted to be a service to others. Dennis Haysbert service black people world Dad worked as a security guard for United Airlines, and Mom was a housewife who cleaned houses to make ends meet. Dennis Haysbert meet security dad mom My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays, no birth control. Dennis Haysbert fish control mom father All my brothers have my father's voice. Dennis Haysbert brothers voice father The intolerance of people against other people is growing and growing. And the thing is, this is not anything that's changed. This has been going on for years. Dennis Haysbert going anything people years I went through a phase where all I was doing was commercials, and not that it was a bad thing, but I was referred to as 'the Allstate guy' as I was walking the streets. Someone comes up to you on the street, you would like them to know your name. Dennis Haysbert street name you walking I've done a lot of different things in my life. I've parachuted, done some deep-sea diving. Inasmuch as it's safe to do, I can do it. Dennis Haysbert my-life i-can done life There are always different roles and questions to be asked about certain characters. Dennis Haysbert about questions always different On my wall, along with my favorite football players and baseball players, I had Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier. These were childhood idols. Dennis Haysbert childhood baseball idols football I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.' Dennis Haysbert high start high-school school I used to get really jealous of Ron Howard as Opie on 'The Andy Griffith Show' - we were the same age. I would just think, 'God, that little kid can work, and I can't!' Dennis Haysbert jealous age god work I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10. Dennis Haysbert career how go know
