Anson Mount Quotes

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

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

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

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.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.

The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

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.

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

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.

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

I feel there’s no need to overstate.

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

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

I like being able to be a man.

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.

About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.

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

I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.

You don't need to like your protagonists.

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

I love getting paid to ride a horse.

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

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

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.

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