Powers Boothe

Actor

1948-06-01

Quotes by Powers Boothe

• Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others.

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• Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.

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• If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining.

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• When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work.

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