I was ecstatic when 'The Walking Dead' came along. Merle Dixon was so perfectly adapted for me. Michael Rooker More Quotes by Michael Rooker More Quotes From Michael Rooker When you think of it I haven't really done a lot of horror. It's amazing: I have done some really good ones, but I haven't done a lot of them. Michael Rooker horror done thinking Yeah, my role is gonna be a character by the name of Yondu. And there's gonna be more of Yondu. Yondu is gonna be even more handsome. Perhaps maybe Yondu will add some more bling to his teeth and wear some more jewelry. I don't know. It's gonna be a lot of fun. I've got my fingers crossed that we'll flush out the character even more. Michael Rooker names fun character Don't mess with me! I'm a black-belt! Michael Rooker dont-mess-with-me belts black Time is definitely money, so if you screw up a day or a shot, you may not get a chance to go back and get that shot and redo that day. Michael Rooker chance I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable. I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points. Michael Rooker roles people thinking I've always wanted to play a teacher. Michael Rooker play wanted teacher I was pretty confident that I'd be playing something, if James Gunn could convince Marvel Studios and Disney to cast me. He's involved with the casting too, but if he could convince them to go along with him and agree with getting me on the roster, then yeah, I would have voiced Groot. Not a problem. Groot is an awesome character. Michael Rooker casting problem character Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one. Michael Rooker seven-years character thinking That's very cool. Absolutely! You want to know where this guy came from, but you also want to know about the relationship between him and Quill, and how they ended up living together, for the last 18 or 19 years, without killing one another. He's a strong young man, and it's because of Yondu. Michael Rooker strong men years You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film. Michael Rooker film roles remember I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another. Michael Rooker survived apocalypse needs It's a super super strange world when the actors are the less weird ones. Michael Rooker strange actors world Actors basically do their thing on the set, and then you put all the pieces together, switch them around, and maybe put them a different way that looks better. We just give him everything he needs, and then he goes in and does his thing. Michael Rooker together doe giving As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about what's going on, right now and in the moment. That's what you worry about. Everything is right then and there. In the end, all of the pieces come together, thanks to the editing and James Gunn. Michael Rooker editing two thinking You forget about it, after awhile. You forget that you even have it on. It becomes part of you. You get used to it, even the teeth and the contacts, which bothered the hell out of me. It ends up being something that is part of the role, and part of the thing that you're doing. After awhile, it just feels pretty damn awesome. Michael Rooker teeth roles forget Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that's not horror. Michael Rooker fans littles needs Actors are actors. They're all buddies. I've done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone. And the ones you don't get to be friends with, you simply don't work together with them again. Michael Rooker actors working-together done If the character is getting mad, getting upset or getting turned on, you're getting to see that in the facial tones and the skin tones. That's what I enjoy about acting. It can be very subtle, like that. Michael Rooker skin-tone mad character I got my training here in Chicago at the Goodman School Of Drama, and a lot of my personal work is usually internal work and stuff. Everything else that goes on is icing on the cake - your wardrobe, your makeup, whatever else you have to do. Michael Rooker makeup drama school Every time I was cast in a role, the director put a gun in my hand, so I figured I’d better learn how to use one. Then I found out I really liked it. Michael Rooker gun directors hands
