Billy Magnussen

“That's the difference between working on film and working in a play. In a play, you work on it, and you live in it and develop it and make it happen.”

“I was always into sports and a lot of physical activities. My dad was a kickboxer and a body builder. My mom was an aerobics teacher.”

“I really think you can manifest your dreams. You can manifest your destiny. If you want something hard enough and you're willing to work for it, I think you can get it. I truly believe that.”

“I want to go base-jumping off Angel Falls and then canoeing down that river that goes east. That's what I really wanna do.”

“I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to live a life and to do the best justification for it.”

“When I act, I feel like I am a color in someone else's painting - I can be the best blue that there is, but I'm still only part of their entire picture - but, with music, when I am performing with Reserved For Rondee, I am the painter, you know?”

“I eat eight times a day. But it's what my intake is. I eat all the time, but it's good stuff. You want to eat that chocolate? You want to eat that dessert? Have that apple or vegetable instead.”

“There's nothing better than hearing someone laugh.”

“I would totally, if Alan Cumming is tired of doing Cabaret, I'd be like, 'I'll do it tonight.' I would have such a good time doing that.”

“I actually did Shakespeare when I was at North Carolina School of the Arts. I studied with Gerald Freedman and Mary Irwin - it was fun; I enjoyed it.”

“I'm not a big TV watcher guy; I like being outside.”

“I don't sing lead - I am not the lead singer - but I do sing some stuff sometimes.”

“I want to be known for my performances and doing my craft well, not for funny stuff I post on Twitter or whatever.”

“When you really want a role, you just put your soul in it.”

“Every role is the best role you've ever got. It's the only role you have.”

“Doing the soaps, every day it's constant training. Dealing with camera angles, the other people - it's great training.”

“I'm very fortunate to get paid for something I love doing.”