Michelle Forbes Quotes & Sayings

“A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration.”

“If you look at some shows that have an ugly feel to them, or a nihilistic sort of feel to them, you'll usually find a group of cynical, unhappy, miserable people behind the production. If you see a show that's rather boring, or a cookie-cutter factory show, you'll usually find some pretty uninteresting, boring people behind it.”

“It's a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don't like working with children. I actually adore it, because you watch their imagination open up and you watch them start to learn this job that I've been doing for so long. They come with such a lack of cynicism.”

“So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched.”

“I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought.”

“I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this age of television and weren't astounded, and saying that, I'm still shocked that that was on network television.”

“That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I grew up with.”

“As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again.”

“I'd like to think I'm an actor who leaves things at work.”

“I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.”