“Success in TV-showmaking is just a matter of being authentic and doing the best you can, and you hope that people watch it and like it. For us [showmakers], we know where our bread is buttered, and we live by the written word of the critic. That's how shows build a critical mass on cable.” PeopleKnowsMatterShowsWatchesWrittenTvsMassCriticsCriticalBreadLive ByCablesWritten WordCritical MassBeing Authentic Author:Walton Goggins
“For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.” PeopleHappensUsedViolentVulnerableVulnerabilityBad Things Author:Walton Goggins
“I still live my life the way that I want to live it, and people are very respectful of my space, but they also want to chat, and I quite like chatting.” PeopleWayWantStillsSpaceLiving My LifeRespectfulChattingMy Space Author:Walton Goggins
“I really enjoy what I do, and I'm very grateful to be given an opportunity to do it. That's one thing that people can say about me.” PeopleOpportunityGivenEnjoyOne ThingGrateful Author:Walton Goggins
“Art is not created in a vacuum. That experience is something to be shared with a group of people, and to be moved in that way.” PeopleWayArtGroupsArt IsMovedVacuums Author:Walton Goggins
“I never fancied myself having a prejudice towards people with tattoos. I personally don't have any and I don't think that I do, but I do see that people treat me differently with tattoos. People get out of my way.” PeopleThinkingWayTreatsPrejudiceMy WayTattoo Author:Walton Goggins
“I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.” PeopleThinkingMadeCareersDespicable Author:Walton Goggins
“The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.” PeopleWantGuy Author:Walton Goggins
“I take it as a real compliment that people believe that I can in some ways mine the disenfranchised, the marginalized, the somewhat off-center - psychologically speaking - people in our society, and bring a real humanity to them, and make people see what would otherwise be a person that you would hate. Find a reason to love them and see the world from their point of view.” PeopleWorldBelieveRealReasonHateHumanityPoint Of ViewCompliment Author:Walton Goggins
“As an actor, you're afforded these experiences that are once-in-a-lifetime for so many people. More often than not, you can't tell the seasons based on the changing of the leaves, but on the experiences you've had.” People Author:Walton Goggins
“An actor that tells you that they have real choices between material is, for the most part, lying. There are very few people that have opportunities. But what you do have where I am in my career, is saying no to the things that seem repetitious. For me, I always look for material that allows me to bring my worldview to it. And those opportunities, since the beginning of The Shield, have grown exponentially.” PeopleRealLyingChoicesOpportunityWorldview Author:Walton Goggins
“I have a bit of a bucolic kind of upbringing, and so I certainly bring an amalgamation of different people that I've met over the course of my life, especially before moving to Los Angeles, so I guess my childhood was my homework in a lot of ways for Harlan County.” PeopleKindDifferentMovingChildhoodLos AngelesUpbringingHomeworkCounty Author:Walton Goggins
“I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.” PeopleTryingLightSchoolCultureBuildingInvolvedAimGreenEducateConsumptionUnnecessaryFootprintGreeningUnnecessary Things Author:Walton Goggins
“I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.” PeopleKnowsWayI CanCertainLinesLaughingComedyJokesUncomfortable Author:Walton Goggins
“I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.” PeopleWorldQuietAgendas Author:Walton Goggins
“No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.” PeopleGivingPersonsRunningGrewMountainGrew UpBlueScaryDepartmentJustifiedRidges Author:Walton Goggins
