Quotes from Balthazar Getty

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

Because I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio.

I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I had a very modest upbringing.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.