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David Morse

American Actor

Born: Oct 11, 1953

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I want to talk about my very first play, when I was in eighth grade. One day, my English teacher, Mrs. Baker, announced that we were going to read 'On Borrowed Time' out loud in class. I was a mediocre student; I was terrified that she was going to call on me, so I hid my head. David Morse

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I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people. David Morse

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Part of the problem when I was doing 'How I Learned to Drive' is I would see my kids one night a week for six months, and that was just too hard. We moved to Philadelphia after we lost our house in the earthquake, the '94 Northridge earthquake. David Morse

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You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again. David Morse

You Will Out Run Take Over Well Got Camera Get Going Stop Middle Again Then Really Apologize Film Things

I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because it didn't match what the person was doing when they came around and the camera was on them. David Morse

Better Films Scenes Takes Performance Like Because Around Felt Match Doing Came Camera Person Done Them Certain Use

I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them. David Morse

Time No Time Any Them Watch Player

Everything is interesting to me. David Morse

Me Everything Interesting

I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately. David Morse

You People Approach OK TV Restaurant Feel Know How Coming Up Sitting Difference Unfortunately Movies Means Even Compared Star

I'm a very private person. David Morse

Private Private Person Very Person

No matter how many people tell you, Save your money, when you've got a series, you never do. Somehow it doesn't seem important. Maybe it's because you've been without money for so long as an actor. David Morse

I try to do things I haven't been able to before. David Morse

Try Before Able Been Things

I was stuck as a Boomer type in a lot of people's minds. David Morse

People Type Minds Boomer Stuck Lot

I will be always grateful to NBC. David Morse

Grateful Will Always NBC

Big Foster is a guy who was in line to be the head of this clan that's been up in the mountains for 200 years, because his father was the leader or the Bren'in, his mother is now Bren'in, and they're kind of royalty, so he was in line to be next. He'd been promised it from a young age, but it just hasn't happened. David Morse

Age Mother Father Leader Big Mountains Young Clan Kind Promised Guy He Head Because Line Been His Years Up Just Young Age Happened Next Who Foster Now Royalty

I've had the chance to work with Christopher Plummer, one of the great stage and film actors, a couple of times, including on 'Prototype,' the first TV movie I ever did. It was science fiction in the Ray Bradbury sense, written by the famous team who created Columbo, Levinson, and Link. David Morse

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To this day, that's what I love the most: finding and playing characters who are out of my experience. David Morse

Love Day Experience Out Characters Finding Most Who Playing

In high school, I tried out for every sport there was. But none of them would have me. When I was a freshman, someone asked me to go audition for a play with them. I got in and didn't want to do anything else for the next four years. David Morse

Me School Every Else Out High Would Tried High School Someone Sport None Got Audition Freshman Go Years Want Anything Anything Else Them Asked Next Play Four

'Outsiders,' I guess, is sort of dark, but I don't really think of it as dark. The world up there on that mountain, it had the potential to have a lot of fun as well as a lot of drama, these guys raiding the town in their ATVs with their tattoos. It seemed like something different. David Morse

One year, I went to Cannes with the film 'The Indian Runner' that Sean Penn directed. Everyone else in the film was all the same height, and on the red carpet, when they were taking photos, none of them would stand next to me, and I totally got it. David Morse

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