I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes. Ron Perlman More Quotes by Ron Perlman More Quotes From Ron Perlman Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie. Ron Perlman independentcostart I do voicework all the time. Ron Perlman People are doing sitcoms on stage rather than theater. You go to the theater, and it`s as if you were watching a sitcom at 8:30 on Channel 4. Ron Perlman stagetheaterpeople I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction. Ron Perlman take-medirectmouths I'll walk through fire to do what I do because the movie business, when it's right, is the coolest art form ever invented. Ron Perlman moviefireart I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. Ron Perlman comfortablewant The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore. Ron Perlman careersagebirthday I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times. Ron Perlman periodsbusy I've done millions of mediocre movies. I've done way more than my fair share. You do what you gotta do. This is not heart surgery. I'm not curing cancer. I'm just trying to put my kids through school. Ron Perlman cancerheartschool Working at a job that you hate. Having a career and a life that you have no passion for. That's hell. Ron Perlman passionhatejobs I live in a bubble. 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. Ron Perlman internetgoes-onpeople The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing. Ron Perlman luxuryguythinking I expect that everything I do will be not watched or not seen. That way, I'm never disappointed when I become flooded with that reality. Ron Perlman disappointedrealityway I, for one, am not nearly as engaged when I'm looking at something that's been completely drawn up on a computer that replaces anything that's in real time and real space. It just engages me all the less, rather than all the more. Ron Perlman computerspacereal I like playing interesting people, I like playing slightly twisted people. I like playing people who have large appetites who are kind of a bit larger than life. Ron Perlman larger-than-lifepeopleinteresting I like to believe that everyone is born with the same skill set, and that it is the influences that one comes upon. Ron Perlman influenceskillsbelieve I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years. Ron Perlman actorsyears I'm kind of one of these guys who wants to play everything once before it's all over. Ron Perlman guywantplay I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up. Ron Perlman roleshumanitythinking I like doing voiceover work. I just like it in general, because you're constantly working on a very first-instinct level. You show up, you get in front of the microphone, you look at the lines, you say the lines, and then you move on. You work on a really primal level, is what I'm saying. You don't have to shave. You don't even have to wear pants. But, uh, that wasn't your question. Ron Perlman levelslooksmoving
