Wentworth Miller Quotes

Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible.

I've never tried writing at a coffeehouse. I just know instinctively it's not for me.

I think ultimately that's why the audience will tune in longterm, for the characters and the relationships.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

My family put a lot of emphasis on homework, so there weren't too many comic books or video games for me, when I was growing up.

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.

I am a workaholic, have always been.

This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

I'm pretty much a couch potato.

I revise obsessively. It's important to me to have a clean page.

Acting was something I needed like air. It wasn't something I could walk away from.

I'm neither sexy nor a star.

I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine.

[asked if his suicide attempt was a cry for help]
No. I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe that there's help to cry for.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

If I were to wait only for roles that clarify my racial makeup, I'd be waiting for a very, very long time.

I have my own personal wish list.

There's nothing the Internet can tell me about myself that I don't already know. The rest is foolishness and people killing time.

On Flash, I thought of myself as a spice character; come in, do a little dance, and I go.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

I surrender the idea of having some kind of control over the arc of my career a lot of the time because you never know what tomorrow's going to bring.

I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.

I feel extremely lucky, extremely grateful, and a little bittersweet, too.

You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for.

I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional.

My first gig in the business was a guest star on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' so I'm neck deep in sci-fi. It's been a very good genre to me.

I had my one guest star on The Flash, and that became several guest stars, and then they mentioned this new show.

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes.

I have to laugh internally when I'm asked in interviews what nightspots I like to hit. I just don't have answers ... so sometimes I make them up.

Unfortunately, I'm allergic to all animals and even some people.

An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.

I think that's the beauty of the current setup, is that Legends is meant to be a bit of a revolving door.

You develop a lot of scars, being interracial.

When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.

Everyone has their challenges.