Brad Dourif Quotes & Sayings

“We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.”

“If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.”

“If it wasn't for the devil, we wouldn't be here, would we?”

“I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.”

“I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.”

“I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W. Mason and Lanford Wilson and some really good people. I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.”

“I was lucky. I had a lot of really good influences.”

“You know, you try to be diverse, and try to have fun and round things out.”

“The universe is dynamic. When we are creative, we are the most alive and in touch with it.”

“I have a 13-year-old daughter who rents these bloody horror movies, and I can't even walk into the room when she's watching them with her friends.”