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My life has been the antithesis of that book ‘The Secret’. I’ve always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.

Aaron Stanford

I do know that I’ve read somewhere that it’s been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don’t know why that is. You’d think it’d be the opposite. You’d think people would want to escape from it.
AARON STANFORD

Horror Opposite Somewhere Thinking Time War
Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that’s interesting then we’ll want to do it.
AARON STANFORD

Actor Give Giving Interesting Love Story Storytelling Want
Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
AARON STANFORD

Created Definitely Film Horror Icon Interested
The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, “Good job, son.”.
AARON STANFORD

Coming Compliment Hand Job Neck Son
I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
AARON STANFORD

Actors Away Blue Chugging Collar Consider
You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I’m the worst one.
AARON STANFORD

Dangerous Hear Mutants News One Worst
You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I’m not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can’t come back.
AARON STANFORD

Character Connection Haunted Incredibly Parallel Point Thing
It’s nice to know when you’re a part of a story, it’s nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
AARON STANFORD

Beginning End Middle Nice Stories
I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
AARON STANFORD

Bring Character Interesting Myself Something Trying
But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there’s no solution.
AARON STANFORD

Giving Lot Pose Puzzle Question Show Solution
You have to find it in the moment, and that’s one of the challenges of being an actor – especially a film actor – is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There’s no trick to it. You just have to do.
AARON STANFORD

Actor Challenge Emotion Especially Heightened Long Moment Time
You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too.
AARON STANFORD

Character Connection Day End Little Myself
People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that really get your heart pumping, and horror films are sort of a safe way to get that rush I guess.
AARON STANFORD

Coasters Film Guess Heart Horror People Pumping Roller Rush Skydiving
I’ve been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
AARON STANFORD

Character Different Person Recognized Seldom Thinking
People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline.
AARON STANFORD

Adrenaline Feel Frightened Heart Jolt Like People Safe
I didn’t follow the whole ‘X-Men’ story because it got too complicated. I’d pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.
AARON STANFORD

Book Comic Complicated Follow Idea Men Pick Story Whole

My life has been the antithesis of that book ‘The Secret’. I’ve always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.

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My life has been the antithesis of that book ‘The Secret’. I’ve always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.

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