Stephen Lang Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.”

“I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.”

“I think that war is diplomacy by other means, for sure, and there have been wars that have been fought for righteous reasons. There are wars that have had to be fought, and there will probably continue to be.”

“My favorite show from the '60s was 'Combat.' And maybe 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'”

“Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.”

“Occasionally, I have time to go to the theater, and I think for a minute, 'Man, I'd really love to be doing a play right now.' Because I loved doing plays when I was doing them. Then I think, 'I want to do it right now, but will I want to do that Sunday matinee in six weeks?'”

“You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating the environment for it. Then you allow the possession to happen - but not at the expense of your sanity or of your identity.”

“Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.”

“'Beyond Glory' is responsible for this wave that I've been fortunate enough to ride for the last few years. And that I did primarily because I didn't know what else to do. You might say I did it out of desperation.”

“The world of 'Terra Nova' as we joined it... there is a certain amount of prosperity there, and in fact I would say that I was a bit surprised when I first got there to see how it had all developed and how sophisticated the colony was - I had envisioned it being a bit more Swiss Family Robinson, but that wasn't my call.”