Danny Strong

“I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.”

“I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.”

“Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more in-depth way than most kids that loved movies at that time. I'd find a filmmaker or something and want to see all his movies.”

“I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!”

“Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.”

“Whatever strength, courage... madness keeps us going, we find it, in times like these. You have it, soldier. It's what kept you alive all this time.”

“I think most of America is seeing the strings behind the campaign, and sees the crass political maneuvers that people are making. I mean, they're extremely apparent to me.”

“I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.”

“The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.”

“I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.”

“I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.”

“I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.”

“I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal with deep social issues, and that's the kind of stuff that I love, as an audience member.”

“I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.”

“I took a lot of writing courses.”

“I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.”

“I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.”

“My goal isn't so much genre, or fact-based or not fact-based. I just want to work on projects that I think could be great.”

“I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.”

“My strangest auditioning experience was when I was reading for a TV show, and right when I started the audition, the casting director left the room and yelled at me from the hallway to keep reading.”