Christian Kane Quotes & Sayings

For the first five years of music and first five years of acting, I don't remember it because I was running to where I was going. Finally I was like, 'Man, I missed everything.' So I just stopped, and I started looking around. — Christian Kane

I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler. — Christian Kane

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity. — Christian Kane

I grew up with action movies in my head. — Christian Kane

Jimmy Fallon is one of the funniest son of a guns I've ever seen. — Christian Kane

I was in a movie with Angelina Jolie called 'Life Or Something Like It' where I played her fiance, and I have a song in there. — Christian Kane

I get up every day and work, regardless of if I have a job or not. — Christian Kane

I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer. — Christian Kane

I went to L.A. to be Brad Pitt; now I just want to be Gene Hackman. I came to Nashville to be Kenny Chesney. I'd be very fortunate to be George Strait. — Christian Kane

I got my first acting role because I was a singer. — Christian Kane

You can read books on stuff all day long, but until you get out there and just do it, if you want to start playing, and you want to make some music, then go out and play. Go find yourself a venue and play, even if it's in your home. Just play every day. You win the fight by fighting. — Christian Kane

You win the fight by fighting. — Christian Kane

As a five-year-old kid, I used to sit in front of the TV - I never missed 'Dukes of Hazzard,' not once. It was me and my dad's show. — Christian Kane

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision. — Christian Kane

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent ... it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role. — Christian Kane

Kane is a band I formed with my best friend Steve Carlson. We just got together and started playing guitar. He was playing some old school rock and roll, and we got together and thought, 'Hey, let's take this on the road.' — Christian Kane

Joss Whedon who created 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer,' 'Angel,' and all that ... he is a genius. — Christian Kane

I grew up with the Highwaymen, which was Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Mom and Dad rode rodeo, so country music was always in the house and the car. They threw in some Dolly Parton, too. — Christian Kane

I get paid to lie to people as an actor. Country music is the one area that I don't lie. I tell the truth. — Christian Kane

I started rocking and rolling when Guns N' Roses came out. It wasn't until Garth Brooks came around that I really got back to country. He made it fun again. To me, in country music, the rigor mortis was setting in and it just wasn't fun anymore. Garth brought everyone back over to country and made it cool again. — Christian Kane

When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics, I start seeing the video form. And if I can get through a song and from the beginning to the end have the whole video in my mind, I think that's a great song. — Christian Kane

I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage. — Christian Kane

My mom's always been a good cook, so I took a lot of stuff from her, but most of the stuff I took from Emeril or Bobby Flay right off the TV and make it. I just loved to cook, so it just became a thing. It's a release. Even if I'm alone, I'll cook a full meal, maybe even a two-course meal, just because I love to cook. It's my secret love! — Christian Kane

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth. — Christian Kane

My influences are Alice in Chains and Elton John. — Christian Kane

I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you. — Christian Kane

The fun of the game is right now. A lot of people don't really realize that. They think you have to get to the top to start having fun, and it's not. It's the journey getting to the top where everything is always great. I'm on the 'Ferris Bueller' thing where I look around every once in a while so I don't miss it. — Christian Kane

I wrote 'Happy Man' with a couple of boys of mine. I have been writing in Nashville for a long time. Of course I was writing songs back in Oklahoma when I was a kid. — Christian Kane

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not OK for an actor to become a singer. I never understood that. — Christian Kane

My favorite actor is Steve McQueen, and he did his own stunts. — Christian Kane

It's funny that a lot of the fans of 'Angel' have come over and hung out with me on 'Leverage.' I was so fortunate to have been on that show. It created one of the best fan groups ever. I just have the best fans in the world. — Christian Kane

I went to Norman High then I walked across the street after that and went to college. That's my home town, that's where I'm from. Physically I'm a Texan, but I'm an Oklahoman. — Christian Kane

On 'Angel' I got to work a lot with Mike Massa, who was David Boreanaz' stunt double, and Mike would let me do most of my stuff by myself. I did almost all my fight scenes by myself. — Christian Kane