Michael Biehn quotes

I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy. (Michael Biehn)
My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble. View quote
Michael Biehn
They gave me the chaps and hat and everything. I looked like a real cowboy. I walked around the rodeo and thought, I am a real cowboy and thought everyone thought I was a real cowboy. View quote
Michael Biehn
I don't like gratuitous violence. I don't like the 'Saw' movies. I don't like the 'Hostel' movies. I don't like anything that is violence for violence's sake. View quote
Michael Biehn
Johnny Ringo to me was just the best antagonist that I've ever played, because I played him as a guy who has a death wish and had done everything that he wanted in life. As far as he was concerned, a gun fight was about as exciting as it was going to get. View quote
Michael Biehn
The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste. View quote
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I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for. View quote
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Right before Mag Seven I did a movie called The Bull Rider. View quote
Michael Biehn
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a movie that I just find flawless. Jack Nicholson... I just saw 'The Shining' again the other day; he's so brilliant. He's such a brilliant actor, just unbelievable. View quote
Michael Biehn
'Taxi Driver' is a movie that changed my life and made me a serious actor. Scorsese and De Niro. I give credit for anything that I've ever done as an actor. View quote
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I grew up in Arizona and have a lot of buddies that are cowpokes. (Michael Biehn)
I had a weird situation were someone used my name to extort money from a woman. He took her for 60 or 80 thousand dollars. He is in prison now. It was on Sally. View quote
Michael Biehn
I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day. View quote
Michael Biehn
To be perfectly honest with you, I was partying a lot in school. I didn't have any good study habits from high school because I just kind of got by on being a jock. View quote
Michael Biehn
Unforgiven, I think, is the best Western ever. View quote
Michael Biehn
I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself in the mirror saying, 'You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Who the hell else are you talkin' to?' That's the scene that changed my life by changing my attitude about acting. View quote
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I think I'm prouder of 'The Victim' than anything else, just because, if nothing else, it doesn't look silly, it doesn't look stupid. It holds up. It's fun. A lot of people have enjoyed it, and I'm real happy about it. View quote
Michael Biehn
As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar! View quote
Michael Biehn
I don't have a computer. I don't know anything about that. I don't even know what a website is. View quote
Michael Biehn
I am much more involved in the filmmaking experience on Mag Seven. I'm much more involved in story elements, casting decisions, the writing of the show, the blocking of the scenes. View quote
Michael Biehn
When I was a kid everyone used to call me pork 'n. (Michael Biehn)