After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot like John Wayne. And I said, How so? And he said, Well, you're exactly the same in all your roles. Now, as a modern American actor, that's not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling compliment.
What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling. - Dermot Mulroney
What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.
- Dermot Mulroney
I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally. - Dermot Mulroney
I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.
What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to th… - Dermot Mulroney
What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to th…
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the futu… - Dermot Mulroney
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the futu…
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job. - Dermot Mulroney
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.
Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up. - Dermot Mulroney
Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.
I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being pre… - Dermot Mulroney
I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being pre…
Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck. - Dermot Mulroney
Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.
I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and p… - Dermot Mulroney
I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and p…
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