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
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.
More Aaron Stanford Quotes
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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.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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I’ve been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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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.
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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.
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You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I’m the worst one.
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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.
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People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline.
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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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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.
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But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there’s no solution.
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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.
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I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
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The best compliment was Ben Kingsley coming up to me, putting his hand on the back of my neck, and saying, “Good job, son.”.
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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.
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Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
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