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Michael Shannon quotes: Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any.

Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any.

Michael Shannon quotes: I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

Michael Shannon quotes: The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

Michael Shannon quotes: I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.

I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.

Michael Shannon quotes: I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

Michael Shannon quotes: If Mother Theresa went to Atlantic City, I don't think she'd start playing Blackjack.

If Mother Theresa went to Atlantic City, I don't think she'd start playing Blackjack.

Michael Shannon quotes: People don't go to the movies to get the news, people don't go to the movies to learn a lesson. People go to the movie to get an emotional experience.

People don't go to the movies to get the news, people don't go to the movies to learn a lesson. People go to the movie to get an emotional experience.

Michael Shannon quotes: I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

Michael Shannon quotes: Everybody's constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others.

Everybody's constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others.

Michael Shannon quotes: When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person.

When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person.

Michael Shannon quotes: Everything that happens on Wall Street only fortifies my opinion that there is in fact a more ludicrous industry than the entertainment industry.

Everything that happens on Wall Street only fortifies my opinion that there is in fact a more ludicrous industry than the entertainment industry.

Michael Shannon quotes: If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

Michael Shannon quotes: I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

Michael Shannon quotes: That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

Michael Shannon quotes: I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense

I like to play characters that get to do it all - to have a bit of comedy here and a bit of pathos here and a bit of suspense here, that's what's fun.

Michael Shannon quotes: A lot of times the characters I play tend to be kind of loners or they don't have best friends or best buddies.

A lot of times the characters I play tend to be kind of loners or they don't have best friends or best buddies.

Michael Shannon quotes: If you don't fight the system, you can either take advantage of the system or let the system take advantage of you.

If you don't fight the system, you can either take advantage of the system or let the system take advantage of you.

Michael Shannon quotes: You got to know what's worth keeping and what's worth letting go.

You got to know what's worth keeping and what's worth letting go.