I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years. Ron Perlman More Quotes by Ron Perlman More Quotes From Ron Perlman I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes. Ron Perlman being-thankfulbreathinggratitude I've always felt there were aspects of me that were monstrous, and you can either hide from it or confront it, embrace it and understand that those are aspects that make you unique and define you and motivate you. You can either overwhelm or overcompensate for them -- but they truly define you as a human being...So that life became a question of either dealing with this monstrousness in one way or another...One finds a way to understand and make friends with that monster and understand that that's the very thing that makes you who you are. That's your emotional and spiritual fingerprint. Ron Perlman emotionaluniquespiritual My whole mantra is, "Go big or go home." I don't want to just play a guy who dresses up. I want to play the person who threw down. Ron Perlman guyplayhome I love great animation. Ron Perlman animation I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure. Ron Perlman exception-to-the-ruleexceptionreal Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things. Ron Perlman eventsagebirthday I'm just trying to make up for lost times, and I have total awareness that when the work is coming it doesn't mean it's going to continue to come, so I'm taking advantage of this phenomenal period that I'm in now, to its fullest. Ron Perlman awarenesstryingmean I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor. Ron Perlman transitioncharacterblood Look at the people who are coming to television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee or Guillermo del Toro - all these great filmmakers - actively put themselves back into TV. That's because the environment is very encouraging for bold storytelling, storytelling that you've never seen before. Ron Perlman tvspeoplelooks The approach to acting is always the same, you try to figure who the guy is and then you try to transition your way into his way of thinking and moving through the world. The rest of it is just accoutrements, you don't play the makeup, you play the guy. If you're not wearing makeup, you just play the guy. Ron Perlman makeupmovingthinking My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance. Ron Perlman self-confidenceappearanceself It's nice to get paid for therapy rather than having to pay $240 an hour for it. Ron Perlman hoursnicepay I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overview and looking at the shape of how things happen, when things happen, why things happen, I think it was fitting that I spent most of my early career doing mask work, because I just don't think I was that comfortable in my own skin. Ron Perlman autumncareersthinking I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration span, it seemed to suit my personal style of performance, and I have fallen in love with film acting. Ron Perlman suitsstyleacting Cinema to me is like a religion. If I was going to have a religion it would be cinema. Ron Perlman cinemaifswould-be You draw on your own childhood every time you tee it up as an actor. Ron Perlman childhoodfatherhoodactors I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire. Ron Perlman actorscareersthinking I say yes to almost anything that comes my way. Ron Perlman my-wayway Fearless people are interesting to watch. Ron Perlman fearlesspeopleinteresting I had an opportunity to be in Frank's [Sinatra] circle, but I couldn't take advantage of it because I couldn't get over how awed I was by him. It was so uncomfortable for me because he meant so much to me, but I just couldn't be myself, so I fled rather than having those great nights hanging out. Ron Perlman circlesopportunitynight
