Quotes About Experience

Character actors have a long shelf life.

You can't shelter yourself from the world.

I was in this sheltered little environment where, basically, all my high school experience was in 'Life Goes On,' and everyone told me where to go, what to do, how to think - I never had to do anything for myself.

I was someone who used to live a sheltered life.

I grew up in New York. It was anything but sheltered.

I was on 'The Shield,' which I was a fan of.

For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen.

Because I've been around for quite a long time and done a lot of different stuff, there's a shifting idea of who I am.

Memory warps and stretches and shifts to fit the strictures of your life.

The stuff I rap about is what I've seen, you know? That's basically why I rap more about the struggle than the shine and all that. Because I've seen more struggle than anything.

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.

To be honest , I looked at 'The Shining' as just doing another movie.

I think I'd have to say that 'The Shining' is my scariest movie ever.

Don't get me wrong, I'm going to play the young role as long as I can because once that ship has sailed, there's no getting back on it.

When you are putting on that England shirt there is pressure to perform, but if you have been around it from a younger age I think you become ready for it.

Why isn't there any 50-year-old MCs killing it? I'm 46. Am I the only one? I can't wait to get to 50. I'm going to let everybody know it! I'm going to wear a shirt that says 'I'm 50.'

It takes a lot to shock me.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

A lot of people are shocked when they hear that I played a 14-year-old.

I actually did use to sell shoes.

Writing 'Redeployment' shook me in ways I never expected.

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.

I always enjoy shooting for all my films.