Quotes from Norman Reedus

I did a film called 'Floating' early on that had a scene which was similar to a real-life situation I was in at the time. It involved me having a conversation with my father, who was dying. It was close to home and it made me realise acting wasn't just making faces for the cameras, it was a real art form.

I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the job one night, went to a party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up yelling at a bunch of people. Someone saw me yelling and asked me to be in a play. The first night, there was an agent in the audience who took me on and sent me out for jobs.

Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

I'm always taking pictures and travelling with a camera and have so many photos that I've done a book.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

I'm one of those guys that - as far as relationships and stuff go - if you smile at me, I'm like, 'Let's date for three years' - which is just ridiculous.

I saw 'True Blood' once, and I like the jazzy feel of it and stuff.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

I don't think anyone wants to cuddle a zombie.

I went camping one time when I was twelve, to the Great Lakes. My friend stepped in really deep muddy water and started screaming and sinking. My mom ran up, and I was just standing there a foot away and wouldn't stick out my hand to pull him up. So I'm probably not the best person to take on a camping trip.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

I'm not saying that I don't like the success of the job, but I really like going to work every day and I really like coming home and feeling satisfied with what I did today.

In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.

People are pretty strange.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

I had fears going into television that it might become boring to me, and I always like to be challenged, push myself. You do a film, and you know where you're going; you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.

I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know?

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.