Marvel makes you feel like 'Iron Man' will show up at your front door to kill you if you say the wrong thing. J. August Richards More Quotes by J. August Richards More Quotes From J. August Richards Gunn, like me, has a James Bond obsession. He would love to be James Bond, and it's a great role that I would love to be, someday. J. August Richards someday roles obsession I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it. J. August Richards kicks fans art Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there. J. August Richards great great-things influence country Their crew for 'Arrow' is just one of the most wonderful crews that I've worked with. I know that actors say that all the time, and it sounds like trash coming out of my own mouth, but it's so true. J. August Richards true know my-own time I definitely was a big comic collector as a kid. J. August Richards definitely big kid comic In the 'Angel' days, all there was was a community that was like a chat room. If you were looking for feedback, you had to look for it. J. August Richards look you community angel I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly. J. August Richards outside name because family I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore - she teaches me to dance. J. August Richards she me dance love What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive. J. August Richards community love country people Once I found out that I was playing 'Deathlok,' I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas, and I have a collection of thousands of comics. I was surprised to see that 90% of them were Marvel. So, I wanted to go through my collection and start there. J. August Richards going-home christmas home book When we wrapped 'Angel,' I definitely had a moment where I thought, 'Wow, that was the best job I'm ever gonna have.' J. August Richards best job moment angel When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible. J. August Richards doing look cool you To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there. J. August Richards side bad followers want I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there. J. August Richards right about universe character I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.' J. August Richards costume going first before Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn't officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn't know that I was 'Deathlok.' J. August Richards everything think know information Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being. J. August Richards doctor person lawyer want Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though! J. August Richards me work happy people I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on. J. August Richards me my-own imagination love I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it. J. August Richards day child i-believe believe
