Lance Henriksen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.”

“I don't think in words; I think in pictures, in images.”

“I have never gauged myself against anyone else.”

“I've always liked SyFy.”

“If you're not acting, you're not an actor.”

“You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.”

“Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'”

“I always wanted to be an actor, even when I was a little kid. When I used to run away from home, I'd go to movies and sit all night watching Kirk Douglas. When I was 16, I tried getting into the Actors Studio, and they told me to get lost. I said 'I'll come back when I'm a man,' and I came back when I was 30.”

“I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.”

“I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.”