Norman Reedus Quotes

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

I like people who push the envelope.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

Oh I love horror movies, yeah. I think my favorite movie growing up was 'The Omen.' I actually wanted to be that little kid.

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

It's really easy to take something small and make it big in your head and fight against it.

I’m a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

You feel good inside, you look good outside. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

I'm constantly running away from everything. I'm running away from things on a daily basis. I run away from relationships. I run away from responsibilities.

Slow down, totally. You have to slow down and pay attention to everything.

If a woman is dishonest, that kills it for me. I can't even talk to her anymore.

I'm a T-shirt-and-Levi's type of a guy.

I love the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. Guns are fun, I can't deny that shooting guns in movies isn't fun. But a crossbow is pretty rad.

I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even the success of my shows. I think it's the lifestyle change, I really do.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

I hate that word, 'quirky.' It's like the worst f - king word in the world.

I've been camping and stuff, but if you left me in the woods I'd probably just curl up and cry until someone found me.

Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

I'm in a happy place. I'm very at peace with who I am and what I'm doing and the people around me, so I think I'm probably most ambitious at where I am.

I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know?

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery. Because it looks like you had plastic surgery.

I'm not afraid of retirement. Retirement sounds like a blast.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

I don't think anyone wants to cuddle a zombie.

I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care.

Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.

Oh, I love horror movies, yeah.

When you do television, you have this opportunity to drop these subtle hints everywhere. The way you say things, for example, sometimes those seeds turn into trees.

I'm so fortunate, it's ridiculous.

I'm not saying that I don't like the success of the job, but I really like going to work every day and I really like coming home and feeling satisfied with what I did today.

When you add up the minutes you spend actually making a movie - the amount of time you spend actually doing your thing in front of a camera - it just isn't that much. But it's everything.

I love smashing stuff.

In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.

People are pretty strange.

I saw 'True Blood' once, and I like the jazzy feel of it and stuff.

Peanut Butter Wolf is my relaxing music, my lunch music, my chilling music.

I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.

I've shot films in locations that have seemed haunted. I shot a film in a maximum-security prison in Russia. Part of it was on a psychiatric ward - there were definitely some creepy vibes there.

I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made.

My mom, she's like Why can't you just do a nice romantic comedy like Jennifer Love Hewitt? And I'm like: Mom, look at me. They just don't put me in those movies.

I'm one of those guys that - as far as relationships and stuff go - if you smile at me, I'm like, 'Let's date for three years' - which is just ridiculous.