If you've ever tried to move from L.A. back to New York, that's a pretty hard move. You forget how cramped things are in New York. You forget how dirty it is in New York. But, it's been the best move of my life, not necessarily for my career, but for my soul.

Anson Mount

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For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make beli... by Anson Mount

For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.

acting play believe

In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood.

media men two

I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.

wall military years

The people who believe that their soul is being crushed by playing a particular role need to take a vacation or check into the looney bin for awhile.

vacation believe people

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

acting play believe

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

american-history grew-up war

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in sch... by Anson Mount

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.

class fiction school

I feel there’s no need to overstate. by Anson Mount

I feel there’s no need to overstate.

feels needs

I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.

riding horse experts

I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions. by Anson Mount

I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.

know-how tough guy

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to... by Anson Mount

I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!

redemption church want

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who... by Anson Mount

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

care sympathy character

I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.

crybabies sometimes men

We've taken a show about destruction and turned it into a show ab... by Anson Mount

We've taken a show about destruction and turned it into a show about construction.

construction destruction taken

I love getting paid to ride a horse. by Anson Mount

I love getting paid to ride a horse.

horse paid

Having been trained as a stage actor, and then you go out there and you're on 40,000 acres and you have a horse under you and you're shooting a real gun, you almost don't have to act. It's just really amazing.

horse gun real

Horses have different levels of intelligence and different levels... by Anson Mount

Horses have different levels of intelligence and different levels of work ethic.

work-ethic horse different

Different horses have different personalities. They're just like... by Anson Mount

Different horses have different personalities. They're just like people.

horse personality people

You don't need to like your protagonists. by Anson Mount

You don't need to like your protagonists.

protagonists like-you needs

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or s... by Anson Mount

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.

doe fame