Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Ausonius
Alexander Pope
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
George Eliot
Guillaume Apollinaire
Mark Twain
All authors
Today's birthdays
1893 - Freya Stark
1915 - Thomas Merton
1920 - Stewart Udall
1902 - Tallulah Bankhead
1956 - John Lydon
1923 - Carol Channing
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Author
President
Cartoonist
Athlete
Activist
Actress
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Jonathan Banks Quotes
Jonathan Banks Quotes
Jonathan Banks
American
Actor
Born:
Jan 31
,
1947
Bad
Good
Me
People
Work
You
Related authors:
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Kevin Hart
Mr. T
Orson Welles
Shia LaBeouf
Tom Hanks
Will Rogers
When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not braindead, and I want to do things that I want to do, you know?
Jonathan Banks
Work
Best
You
Matter
Walk
Best Work
Onto
Do You Know
Know
Always
Very
Want
Things
Set
The funniest guy I've ever worked with - it's just one of those things, again, where we look at each other and just laugh - is Jimmy Byrnes from 'Wiseguy.' Jimmy - we can't be in the same room together. He knows he can make me laugh just by looking at me.
Jonathan Banks
Me
Together
Looking
Other
Jimmy
Those
Laugh
Guy
He
Look
Make
Make Me Laugh
Knows
Same
Just
Where
Just One
Again
Room
Worked
Each
Ever
Things
Funniest
'Wiseguy' for its time was good. It was really good. And it holds up still. But a lot of the restraints have been taken off now.
Jonathan Banks
Time
Good
Taken
Still
Been
Lot
Off
Up
Holds
Really
Now
If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films, and more intelligently written than most films, I wouldn't have believed it. There's great stuff out there.
Jonathan Banks
Great
Me
You
Films
Seventies
Out
TV
Would
Would-Be
More
Had
Written
Stuff
Great Stuff
Most
Edgy
Than
Eighties
Believed
If you had ever told me that the finest film work was going to be done on television, I wouldn't have believed it.
Jonathan Banks
Work
Me
You
Television
Finest
Had
Done
Going
Film
Believed
Ever
I love 'Boardwalk Empire,' but there were moments where I thought it didn't have the constant through-line that 'Breaking Bad' did and 'Better Call Saul' does.
Jonathan Banks
Love
Better
Thought
Bad
Constant
Empire
Call
Does
Were
Did
Where
Breaking
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk
Moments
Saul
Ed O'Neill is just a good, good human being.
Jonathan Banks
Good
Human Being
Human
Just
Being
Good Human
People tell you who they are. There are big neon signs going off. 'Pay attention! This is who I am.' And most of us put out hands a little bit over our eyes. We don't see that.
Jonathan Banks
You
Eyes
People
Signs
Big
Pay
Pay Attention
Our
Bit
Out
Tell
See
Put
Attention
Over
Most
Am
Off
Hands
Going
Little
Little Bit
Us
Who
I was a latchkey kid from the time I was 7 years old.
Jonathan Banks
Time
Old
Kid
Years
You can never know your lines well enough, and you better listen.
Jonathan Banks
You
Better
Enough
Never
Know
Well
Well Enough
Lines
Listen
Your
I think I've been cast as toughs as far as I can remember always, always.
Jonathan Banks
Remember
Think
Cast
Always
Been
As Far As
Far
I've played a lot of bad guys over the years, a lot of hardcore guys. At the same time, I've done a lot of comedy.
Jonathan Banks
Time
Comedy
Bad
Bad Guys
Guys
Over
Years
Lot
Same
Done
Same Time
Hardcore
Played
I do always get cast in these world-weary parts.
Jonathan Banks
Cast
Parts
Always
Get
That first episode of 'Newsroom,' the way it just cooked, I thought it was really good.
Jonathan Banks
Good
Thought
First
Way
Just
Newsroom
Really
Episode
Cooked
From the time I could visually perceive film or TV, I was just enthralled by it. I thought it was the most wonderful thing in the world.
Jonathan Banks
Time
Wonderful
World
Thought
TV
Perceive
Could
Most
Wonderful Thing
Just
Film
Thing
In my junior year, I saw 'Zorba the Greek' with Anthony Quinn, and I was transported by it. I wanted to live, laugh, travel.
Jonathan Banks
Travel
Year
Live
Saw
Laugh
Greek
Junior
Junior Year
Wanted
I like my wife. I'm stupid in love with my wife and always have been.
Jonathan Banks
Love
Wife
Stupid
Like
Always
Been
Never equate yourself with whatever success may be and how fleeting that is. The only thing you can do every day is become a better actor. That's the only thing I have control over.
Jonathan Banks
Success
Day
You
Yourself
Every Day
Better
Become
Whatever
Control
Every
Only
Better Actor
Never
Over
Equate
How
May
The Only Thing
Fleeting
Actor
Thing
I grew up in Washington, D.C. Suffice to say, it was not a garden spot.
Jonathan Banks
Garden
Say
Spot
Up
Grew
Washington
Suffice
I honestly do feel - and I hope I don't gag anybody if they read this - but I feel like I'm one of the luckiest people in the world.
Jonathan Banks
Hope
People
World
Honestly
Feel
Like
Read
Anybody
Gag
Luckiest
No more Jonathan Banks quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Jonathan Banks.
Bruce Lee
Clint Eastwood
Kevin Hart
Mr. T