Ron Perlman

“I'm a city boy.”

“Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show.”

“In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of.”

“I've never worked with a tail, that I can remember. But there's so much I can't remember.”

“I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.”

“Yeah, it's nice to get paid for therapy rather than having to pay $240 an hour for it.”

“Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational.”

“I'm just trying to make up for lost times, and I have total awareness that when the work is coming it doesn't mean it's going to continue to come, so I'm taking advantage of this phenomenal period that I'm in now, to its fullest.”

“Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things.”

“You draw on your own childhood every time you tee it up as an actor.”

“Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.”

“Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me.”

“1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing.”

“I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.”

“I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing.”

“Fearless people are interesting to watch.”

“It's really disgusting what Hollywood can do to a guy.”

“My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.”

“I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.”