Quotes from Vincent D'Onofrio

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.

I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don't have humility, whether they are heroes or villains, are hard to relate to. All characters in every aspect of what we do should have humility. If they don't, then they're a cartoon character.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.