For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it. Ray Stevenson More Quotes by Ray Stevenson More Quotes From Ray Stevenson The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in. Ray Stevenson satellitespiecesadvice Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway. Ray Stevenson wellspersonsnatural The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything. Ray Stevenson epic-storieslanguageway It does if you put yourself out there being a pirate. It's like if you have an army and your army sit around and not doing anything and living the lives of decadence and they're faced with a battle, and you slide. Do they deserve the right to call themselves an army? Do these pirates who are basically languishing deserve the right to call themselves pirates? They're victims of their own success. Ray Stevenson piratearmybattle Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile. Ray Stevenson gigsenoughsometimes Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy. Ray Stevenson guymorningthinking Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be. Ray Stevenson absurdrealizing Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader. Ray Stevenson rocksstarsleader It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor. Ray Stevenson careerssuccessfulyears I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan. Ray Stevenson comic-bookfansbook I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest. Ray Stevenson honestlevelsfeels Really Edward Teach, Blackbeard, was actually tall, so he was literally larger than life and so he knew that and actually the more you read about him, you realize that he actually respected and knew about the theatricality and he'd rather take a ship by threatening and having the power of his personality and the threat of the oncoming danger to sway the ship to just acquiesce and just give up their cargo and so none of his crew got hurt and they would just take their bounty and he wouldn't have to kill anybody, but of course he earned that reputation, so he was no saint. Ray Stevenson giving-uppersonalityhurt Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release. Ray Stevenson emotionalimportantnatural As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors. Ray Stevenson working-with-othersactorsdirectors When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity. Ray Stevenson center-of-gravitygravityjeans I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work. Ray Stevenson givingbelievethinking I never thought I would get to have my own action figure. Ray Stevenson my-ownfiguresaction You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence. Ray Stevenson newsviolencereal I love the chameleon nature of this business [acting]. I always have. Sometimes I'm not as recognizable as somebody else and I may not have gotten a role, but for me, acting is not a competition. I've just kept my head down and kept working, and had the great pleasure of working with some amazing people and playing some extraordinary and extreme characters. Ray Stevenson competitioncharacterpeople There's not a lot of direct back story but you do get to see them playing around each other a lot. Ray Stevenson playing-arounddirectstories
