Plenty of people are onto the emptiness but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness.
Michael ShannonWhen 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 ShannonI started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.
Michael ShannonAs an actor, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never known what I was doing. I show up the first day, I'm scared, and I just hang out. It's like being in detention - you just wait for it to be over. Then gradually I start to figure out what's going on.
Michael Shannon