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Rocky Carroll

American Actor

Born: Jul 8, 1963

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There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity. Rocky Carroll

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There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you're sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That's where drama comes from. Rocky Carroll

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My first live performance was the lead in 'Peter Pan.' Rocky Carroll

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We kind of forget because what television tends to do with these professions like lawyers and doctors and police officers, we create them on such a heroic level that you kind of forget that these are really people. Rocky Carroll

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A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators. Rocky Carroll

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I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people. Rocky Carroll

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I've worked on shows where the actors don't talk to each other, and if they want to talk to each other, they talk through the director. What kind of existence is this? If I have to spend 14 hours a day with somebody, we're in a relationship. We'd better talk it out. Rocky Carroll

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Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport. Rocky Carroll

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When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end. Rocky Carroll

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My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.' Rocky Carroll

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I went from a sitcom to a hospital drama, feature films. I've kind of been living the actor's dream. I'm not associated with one role or one medium. You're lucky if you're associated with one hit show. Rocky Carroll

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As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it. Rocky Carroll

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Television had a black president long before Barack Obama. Rocky Carroll

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If you can appeal to another person's sense of humor, you can introduce ideas, thoughts, things that they may disagree with or not believe in. At least they'll listen. Rocky Carroll

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If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career. Rocky Carroll

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The guy who shows up on time, who has a good work ethic, network executives and producers know that. It's a very small industry we work in. Rocky Carroll

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I'm the only one in the family who stumbled into acting. Rocky Carroll

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There are not that many people who can say they have been on a show long enough to leave it. Usually, you don't have a choice. The show gets canceled. There are very few people who live in the rare air of being able to leave a show while it is still in production. Rocky Carroll

I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do. Rocky Carroll

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As an actor, you get into makeup, you get into hair, you come out of your trailer, and you hit your mark. As a director, you're the first one there and the last one to leave. Rocky Carroll

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When you love somebody, and they go through a real adversity, you don't back away from that relationship. You don't say, 'When you're better, call me.' The opposite happens. Your bond strengthens, and you become even more vested. Rocky Carroll

When I grew up in Cincinnati in 1974, the Board of Education set up the performing school, similar to the New York performing arts school, and it was in walking distance from my school. Rocky Carroll

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