Patrick Wilson Quotes

I don't like being lied to.

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.

I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls, but not in purple velvet. I couldn't find those.

You have your vision and you need to be focused, but you have to listen. I never felt a sense that the wheels were going to come off because we're all friends and family. It was all good.

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

Somebody can paint with a fine brush like Monet and do millions of little dots or somebody can splatter it up there like Kandinsky or Jackson Pollock and go "Yep, that's art." That's okay.

I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team.

I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.

For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose.

A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins.

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.

It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.

It was always acting for me, since I was about 15. My middle brother always wanted to be a news anchor, so we always felt that he'd be the one to take over for dad, so we could go and do our thing.

You have to know what you're shooting. Don't just make your movie in the editing room and just get everything you can on the day.

I like the not knowing of what the next job is.

When you shoot a movie so quickly you can't really afford to shoot a bunch of extra footage because you don't have that luxury.

I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story.

You never want to judge your character.

In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.

A heroic nature is very Greek.

I just don't watch a lot of TV.

When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.

When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.

I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job.

Honestly, if you're just going to be the love interest then at least let it be a really good movie. Not every role is going to be Hamlet, I know that.

I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s.

With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.