Walton Goggins Quotes

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.

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.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

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.

I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.

I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

You can go to a history class with one teacher and want to stick a pencil in your throat, and then go to another teacher who is able to contextualize it or deliver the message in a way that you're riveted.

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.

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.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

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.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

We want to see ourselves reflected in our heroes. Unfortunately most of us don't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I'm kind of the funny guy that hopefully kind of wins your heart if I did my job.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

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.

Quentin [Taranino] will say, "We've got it, but we're gonna do it one more time. Why?" And then, the entire cast and crew chimes in and says, "Because we love making movies!" He is a person who celebrates this form of expression, and it is evident in his movies, his conversations, his extensive knowledge about the history of what we do, and the actors and crew that he assembles.

I hate to use this as a metaphor, but making movies is kind of like going to war. It's not - but the stamina required and what it takes to tell a story that is this big in scope, you need a general that will bring out the best in you.

I've had a great career. I've had a great life. I am truly blessed by my working experiences.

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.