A biography for Michael Rookerhasn’t been written yet.
“With 'Guardians,' I knew way from the start what the plan was on this one. The harder thing for some actors is when you are doing a TV show like 'The Walking Dead' because you find out you're character is going to die a week before or even just a couple of days before.”
“I've been going to the movies since I was 6 or 7 years old.”
“When you think of it I haven't really done a lot of horror. It's amazing: I have done some really good ones, but I haven't done a lot of them.”
“I am such a great gamer that seven-year-olds kick my butt.”
“I'm a very jovial guy. I like to laugh, and when things strike me as funny, I don't hide the fact that it's humorous to me. It almost doesn't matter where I'm at: I will burst out and laugh if it's funny to me.”
“Horror fans need horror, okay? They don't need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that's not horror.”
“'Cliffhanger' got me in the best shape of my life, working at 10,000 feet up in the mountains. And everybody was great. I lived in Italy for seven months doing that movie. It was a great vacation.”
“I got my training here in Chicago at the Goodman School Of Drama, and a lot of my personal work is usually internal work and stuff. Everything else that goes on is icing on the cake - your wardrobe, your makeup, whatever else you have to do.”
“I like horror and sci-fi almost equally, but I watch more sci-fi than horror. Does that mean I like sci-fi more than horror? Maybe.”
“'Night of the Living Dead' is one of my favorites.”
“I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.”
“'Animal' was my nickname in high school.”
“I think all the roles I've done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.”