If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving you something to work with, and I got that in spades.
Michael ShannonI've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.
Michael ShannonThe stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.
Michael ShannonA lot of times the characters I play tend to be kind of loners or they don't have best friends or best buddies.
Michael ShannonA lot of times people will send me stuff. They will find something and they will send it to me and then I will take a look at it. Every once in awhile I will go on IMDB for 10 or 15 minutes and look around. But I am not a huge gearhead. I don't even have my own computer. I use my girlfriends.
Michael Shannon