Quotes from Ray Stevenson

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, 'I'm a bad guy.' They think they're the right guy.

For me, because I've had classical theater training, when people say, "Oh, my god, the play is amazing!," I'll never get to see it because I'm in it.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.

You just have to open the newspapers in most Western news to see real violence.

I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan.

Working at night helps people focus in on this crazy little bubble you've created, wherever you are filming. It doesn't matter where the location is, the world doesn't exist outside this bubble. And everyone is trapped inside.

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

[Pirates] are a victim of their own success. People have identified with pirates in a comic and caricature sense.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

Blackbeard was larger than life. He was 6'4" in 1710. He was a colossus, and like a rock star walking into a bar. He was a tremendous commander, a great leader.

Well, I'm not a natural gym person myself, anyway.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

I don't give a damn if you like Blackbeard. I don't care if you think he is an absolute despot. Do you believe me? If you do, I've done my work.

The best piece of advice Ive ever been given was, Be in the business youre in. Dont just be a satellite around it and expect it to come to you. Be in the business youre in.

I never thought I would get to have my own action figure.

It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.