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Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon
American Actor
Born: Aug 7, 1974
Being Life Me People Think You
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If Mother Theresa went to Atlantic City, I don't think she'd start playing Blackjack. Michael Shannon
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It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice. Michael Shannon
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That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself. Michael Shannon
Great You Yourself Great Things Somebody Else Pretend Bored About Get Which Acting Things
One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something. Michael Shannon
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I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue. Michael Shannon
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If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out? Michael Shannon
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You can't escape this feeling of disintegration. The world is fragile. But you also can't let it ruin your life. I'm actually a pretty composed person. I guess people imagine I spend my life thinking about crazy, sinister things but I don't, really. It's not like I'm trying to exorcise any demons. Michael Shannon
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My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit. Michael Shannon
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There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.' Michael Shannon
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I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly. Michael Shannon
Kind Silly Pick Genre Roles
I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself. Michael Shannon
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I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever. Michael Shannon
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I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them. Michael Shannon
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I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A. Michael Shannon
People Everybody Scare Able Joined Could Never Frighten Wanted Acting
Everybody's constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others. Michael Shannon
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One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems. Michael Shannon
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When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work. Michael Shannon
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