My past is not pleasant; I grew up in a very tough town, Waterbury, Connecticut. I grew up in New York, too, but Waterbury was tougher. Dylan McDermott More Quotes by Dylan McDermott More Quotes From Dylan McDermott The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans. Dylan McDermott jeans eras age When I'm playing a serial killer, I'm in it. I'm not judging him. I'm not judging his environment. I'm just looking for the why. Why is he the way he is? But, there's no doubt that, if you're a good actor, you're going to take this stuff home with you. Dylan McDermott judging doubt home I think everything keeps changing. There was a time when television was a bad thing for actors and it meant that you could only do television, and now we see everyone does television. Dylan McDermott actors doe thinking I always felt like I needed to act. Not that I wanted to act, but I needed to. And, I still feel that same way. There's an expression that I get to have in acting that I can't consciously express in my life. It has always defined me and it always will. Dylan McDermott acting expression way My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority. Dylan McDermott sharks priorities dad Sometimes you have to search for inspiration with characters, and other times, they just drop out of the sky and arrive. Dylan McDermott inspiration sky character Everything keeps changing. People want to label things all the time and once you label it, it changes again. Dylan McDermott labels want people Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all we saw them on television, and that changed everything. Dylan McDermott media running thinking Dark Blue is ultimately a gritty crime drama, at its core. I don't think that is ever going to change. Dylan McDermott dark drama thinking In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of the moment. Dylan McDermott consciousness moments inspirational It's hard to find success and it's hard to find hit movies or hit TV shows and to stay relevant. I think it's a very difficult thing for actors, because a lot of us get lost, frankly. Dylan McDermott tv-shows actors thinking L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between. Dylan McDermott zuma downtown different It's like, no matter what I do, I always feel like I'm five years old, and I end up in the back of my father's car looking out the window, and nothing has changed in 25 years. Dylan McDermott car father years I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me. Dylan McDermott ominous vietnam war I think the most important thing for an actor is to stay current and stay relevant, and those are probably the hardest things to do. Dylan McDermott actors important thinking 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 running mean thinking I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid. Dylan McDermott stuff people world I believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryan’s work. Like Andy, Ryan’s finger is so on the pulse of culture that he’s ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar. Dylan McDermott echoes museums believe I'm always trying to pop up in different genres, what interests me. Sometimes I just like to throw myself into new situations to see what it feel like. Dylan McDermott always-trying different sometimes Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare. Dylan McDermott roles acting writing
