I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid.
Dylan McDermottAs an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it.
Dylan McDermottI think the most important thing for an actor is to stay current and stay relevant, and those are probably the hardest things to do.
Dylan McDermottI've always been fascinated by Baretta and Donny Brasco, and other undercover cops in movies.
Dylan McDermottSometimes you have to search for inspiration with characters, and other times, they just drop out of the sky and arrive.
Dylan McDermottI believe that Ryan Murphy is a genius. His instincts remind me of Andy Warhol. I recently went to the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, and you can see a lot of echoes of Andy in Ryanโs work. Like Andy, Ryanโs finger is so on the pulse of culture that heโs ahead of culture. Their aesthetic and their vision of the world are very similar.
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