Nick Searcy

“An actor is all I ever really wanted to be. But if I couldn't do that anymore... I'd open a book store.”

“The only way that you can really change a person's mind is by showing them something they haven't seen before.”

“Washington is corrupt and corrupt on both sides of the aisle.”

“I think too many times, filmmakers spend too much time telling someone what to think about a story and not enough time actually telling the story.”

“I had a band in college called 'Nick Fear, The Most Terrifying Name in Rock and Roll.' Every time we played a concert at a dorm, I felt like Elvis.”

“Fear is destructive and dangerous.”

“I think Trump was a breath of fresh air.”

“I have always hated movies that preach at me, that try to manipulate me and tell me what to think about a story rather than just telling me the story.”

“I've kind of - gotten pickier - in my old age.”

“I don't think you ever change anybody's mind by telling them how they should think about something.”

“TV is done so quickly that you really don't have time to develop the character fully.”

“I try to be realistic and self-depreciating.”

“For decades the Hollywood studios, the mainstream media and Silicon Valley have held the keys to the content kingdom with unfettered power over what content gets written, produced, distributed and consumed.”

“I'd like to win the World Wrestling Foundation heavyweight championship. But that's a little farfetched, so I guess I'll just stick to acting.”

“America needs God.”

“The Jan. 6 committee is a clown show. It is a joke.”

“My mother convinced me that I could do whatever I wanted to do in life. She gave me the courage, and in fact, the heartfelt belief in myself that enabled me to become what I wanted to be: a professional actor.”

“I stand with Herman Cain because Herman Cain stands with us.”

“I generally don't do politics on a movie set - that's not what we are there for. We are there to do a job.”

“When I started acting I was in North Carolina. There are a lot of conservatives around there.”