I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor. Dylan McDermott More Quotes by Dylan McDermott More Quotes From Dylan McDermott Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them. Dylan McDermott distraction compassion helping Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French. Dylan McDermott paris gay sorry As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much. Dylan McDermott people world thinking As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it. Dylan McDermott jobs long people We shared the same vision. Dylan McDermott vision I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood. Dylan McDermott bowie style crosses I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie. Dylan McDermott good-movie hard-times able People behave badly and people are in prison and people are on death row, and there are no excuses for everybody's behavior, but most people are coming from abuse. Dylan McDermott abuse prison people My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere. Dylan McDermott milk actors theory Style is innate to who I am. My father gave me a picture the other day. I must have been about seven, and I had on wing-tip shoes and some cool pants. I thought, 'Wow!' Dylan McDermott who-i-am wings father I did a movie with Clint Eastwood and I knew I wasn't going to be able to 'out-man' him. Dylan McDermott able men I like the Polanski stuff more than anything else. Rosemary's Baby is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The idea of her being impregnated with the devil is just so frightening. Dylan McDermott devil baby ideas I've always been fascinated by Baretta and Donny Brasco, and other undercover cops in movies. Dylan McDermott undercover cop fascinated Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television. Dylan McDermott film-and-television producers successful Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television. Dylan McDermott trying people television To me Polanski is one of the greats in terms of psychological horror. It's just hard to top him because he's so damn good at it. Dylan McDermott horror psychological damn Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you’re waiting for your agent or your manager to call you. Dylan McDermott actors careers waiting Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year. Dylan McDermott yeah comedy years It's the cable shows that are really the most interesting - 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad,' those shows are really the premiere shows on television right now. Dylan McDermott mad men interesting You never want to have a movie be derivative, because that's the worst if you ask me. I always want to be in original material, or an original idea, or an original vision, rather than a rehash of some other movie. Dylan McDermott vision want ideas
