Latest Patrick Wilson Quotes from Interviews

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• It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.

  Patrick Wilson

  Thinking, Together, Sometimes

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When you're younger you don't care so much, but as you get older you have a family and stuff like that. But I've always kept my foot in theatre and I've kept my foot in independent film, so I'm really happy going back and forth. So, if I can't find the meaty roles in studio films, then I'll go back and dig up a little independent where I can flex my muscles a little bit.

  Patrick Wilson

  Independent, Theatre, Care

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Honestly, if you're just going to be the love interest then at least let it be a really good movie. Not every role is going to be Hamlet, I know that.

  Patrick Wilson

  Good Movie, Interest, Honestly

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• The blessing and the curse of not having a huge hit... you can go in and out of roles and some people know who you are and some people don't. I'd love for one of these movies to be super successful because then at least you're presented with more opportunities.

  Patrick Wilson

  Successful, Blessing, Opportunity

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.

  Patrick Wilson

  Thinking, Balance

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I just want to do as many different genres as I can. I think that's part of it... to not get pigeon-holed because if one of them breaks out and becomes a big hit then typically people want to keep putting you in that kind of role.

  Patrick Wilson

  Thinking, People, Different

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When I met Harrison Ford I just kept thinking: "At what point do I break out my Star Wars memorabilia? When is it OK to have him sign something? Will he? And will I look like a total idiot!" The only time I ever got anything from another actor to sign was for my brother or my kids because both of my brothers are die-hard Star Wars fans.

  Patrick Wilson

  Brother, War, Kids

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• When I went to LA I was almost 30, I'd been nominated for two Tony awards, and on the New York theatre scene I was pretty well known. I went out to LA to meet with casting people, and I remember walking into one meeting and saying: "Hey, how are you? I'm Patrick..." And they said: "I'm so sorry! I thought you were British!" When I asked why, she replied: "Because you're 30 and I've never heard of you!"

  Patrick Wilson

  Sorry, People, Theatre

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• At an early age my dad - probably because he's a journalist - said: "Just have something to say. Don't just blather. Always have one line in your mind." So, that was always my thing whenever I met someone when I was younger, if ever I got to meet a real celebrity.

  Patrick Wilson

  Dad, Real, Mind

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Mike Nicholls saw me in the musical of The Full Monty and brought me in to audition for Angels in America for HBO. And that opened a lot of doors because you could go to LA and say: "Well, I'm starring opposite Al Pacino and Meryl Streep..."

  Patrick Wilson

  Angel, Musical, Monty

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It's very hard to just break into movies. I always felt like it would be giving up a theatre career to go and try and be in movies. So, I thought I'd exhaust the theatre thing, go as far as I can, and originate roles, be on Broadway, maybe win some Tony Awards, and then hopefully some door would open. Luckily, it did.

  Patrick Wilson

  Giving Up, Winning, Theatre

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I knew I wanted to go to college and I wanted to study it acting, so I just looked for the best school that I could get into. Luckily, I had very supportive parents. I went to a conservatory that is basically drama school. You take one English class and one history class for four years but you don't take any other science or anything like that. It's strictly, from 7am until night, all acting. It's a lot. Some people find it too much, but for me I was preparing for a career and I never really looked back.

  Patrick Wilson

  Drama, School, Night

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I always grew up around acting. I did commercials as a kid and all that kind of stuff and my oldest brother did theatre in High School. It's funny, when I was 15 I had a friend of mine who dragged me away to a camp at Boston University. It was the first time truthfully that acting didn't feel presentational; it felt very personal. I didn't just feel like I was singing and dancing for my friends in High School. It felt like I was doing a scene and all of a sudden I started to feeling something - I started to feel emotional.

  Patrick Wilson

  Brother, School, Kids

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I grew up around media so for me I've always been interested in that topic, whether it's a complete satire or a documentary. I love anything that touches on the state of information versus entertainment and what's newsworthy and what's not.

  Patrick Wilson

  Satire

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It was always acting for me, since I was about 15. My middle brother always wanted to be a news anchor, so we always felt that he'd be the one to take over for dad, so we could go and do our thing.

  Patrick Wilson

  Brother, Dad, Acting

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins.

  Patrick Wilson

  Running, Winning, Quarterback

  Source: www.elle.com

• I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team.

  Patrick Wilson

  Soccer, Sports, Football

  Source: www.elle.com

• I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls, but not in purple velvet. I couldn't find those.

  Patrick Wilson

  Rocks, Purple, Velvet

  Source: www.elle.com

• I remember seeing Extreme play with [Debra] Winger and Cinderella. Gary Cherone was wearing purple velvet overalls with no shirt and saddle oxfords.Afterward, I went home and told my mom, "I need to find saddle oxfords." And she said, "Like little girls wear?" Naturally, I couldn't find them in my size, so I went to a shoemaker and had him make me a pair. I wore them for a while, but they didn't seem as cool on me, because when your foot is size 12, they sort of look like clown shoes.

  Patrick Wilson

  Girl, Mom, Home

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s.

  Patrick Wilson

  Years, Unfortunate, Clothings

  Source: www.elle.com

• I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job.

  Patrick Wilson

  Jobs, Scary, Moments

  Source: collider.com

• You never want to judge your character.

  Patrick Wilson

  Character, Judging, Want

  "The Conjuring 2 Set Interview: Patrick Wilson Teases 'A Different Beast'". Interview with Sasha Capelli, screenrant.com. March 1, 2016.

• I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story.

  Patrick Wilson

  Thinking, Important, Stories

  "The Conjuring 2 Set Interview: Patrick Wilson Teases 'A Different Beast'". Interview with Sasha Capelli, screenrant.com. March 1, 2016.

• There are tons of different reasons why you do TV series and why you don't, and how it'll affect your career, and all that. Without a doubt, it has always come down to the script for me. I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles.

  Patrick Wilson

  Careers, Long, Doubt

  Source: collider.com

• When you shoot a movie so quickly you can't really afford to shoot a bunch of extra footage because you don't have that luxury.

  Patrick Wilson

  Luxury, Bunch, Extras

  Source: collider.com