Patrick Wilson Quotes & Sayings

Yeah, I'm a spiritual person. — Patrick Wilson

I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience. — Patrick Wilson

I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts. — Patrick Wilson

I remember seeing Extreme play with [Debra] Winger and Cinderella. Gary Cherone was wearing purple velvet overalls with no shirt and saddle oxfords.Afterward, I went home and told my mom, "I need to find saddle oxfords." And she said, "Like little girls wear?" Naturally, I couldn't find them in my size, so I went to a shoemaker and had him make me a pair. I wore them for a while, but they didn't seem as cool on me, because when your foot is size 12, they sort of look like clown shoes. — Patrick Wilson

My father is an anchor and my brother is as well. — Patrick Wilson

I've got whole years of unfortunate clothing in '80s. — Patrick Wilson

I'm an early-morning owl. — Patrick Wilson

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You know, I gotta be honest. I have not done a lot of CGI work. I just haven't. I mean, there were hundreds of effects in Watchmen, and I probably dealt with almost none of them, because all my stuff was very practical. — Patrick Wilson

If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward. — Patrick Wilson

I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job. — Patrick Wilson

When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in. — Patrick Wilson

I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and ... whoa! That's always good. — Patrick Wilson

There are tons of different reasons why you do TV series and why you don't, and how it'll affect your career, and all that. Without a doubt, it has always come down to the script for me. I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles. — Patrick Wilson

If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's great, too. — Patrick Wilson

For me, it doesn't matter whether it's a comedy, a Western or horror. As long as you've got a good story to tell, the genre almost doesn't matter. As an actor playing the role, it's all rooted in reality. — Patrick Wilson

For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality. — Patrick Wilson

In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad. — Patrick Wilson

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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think. — Patrick Wilson

I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any. — Patrick Wilson

A heroic nature is very Greek. — Patrick Wilson

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting. — Patrick Wilson

When you shoot a movie so quickly you can't really afford to shoot a bunch of extra footage because you don't have that luxury. — Patrick Wilson

I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time. — Patrick Wilson

With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor. — Patrick Wilson

You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.' — Patrick Wilson

The thing about abs is if you hit them daily, you feel more put-together. — Patrick Wilson

I like the not knowing of what the next job is. — Patrick Wilson

I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor. — Patrick Wilson

I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends. — Patrick Wilson

Somebody can paint with a fine brush like Monet and do millions of little dots or somebody can splatter it up there like Kandinsky or Jackson Pollock and go "Yep, that's art." That's okay. — Patrick Wilson

You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music. — Patrick Wilson

I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't. — Patrick Wilson

You have your vision and you need to be focused, but you have to listen. I never felt a sense that the wheels were going to come off because we're all friends and family. It was all good. — Patrick Wilson

Musical theater is one of my passions. — Patrick Wilson

There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion. — Patrick Wilson

There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater. — Patrick Wilson

I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team. — Patrick Wilson

You have to know what you're shooting. Don't just make your movie in the editing room and just get everything you can on the day. — Patrick Wilson

The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night. — Patrick Wilson

You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone. — Patrick Wilson

For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good. — Patrick Wilson

If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?' — Patrick Wilson

I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story. — Patrick Wilson

Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad. — Patrick Wilson

When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability. — Patrick Wilson

A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins. — Patrick Wilson

Just as we may, through an appalled realization that we were unaware of what was going on in the mind of one we thought we knew, come to wonder how we ever know what another person is thinking or feeling, so too we may, having on some occasion wanted badly to understand and having clearly failed, come to wonder how we ever manage to understand, and how we know that we have succeeded. — Patrick Wilson

I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others. — Patrick Wilson

I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound guy, I'll take it. Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, whether it's a first-time director or it's Mike Nichols. I think that's the standard that the great ones set. — Patrick Wilson

Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose. — Patrick Wilson

You never want to judge your character. — Patrick Wilson

I don't like being lied to. — Patrick Wilson

I just don't watch a lot of TV. — Patrick Wilson

If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why. — Patrick Wilson

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years. — Patrick Wilson

I grew up in the South and went to church a lot. — Patrick Wilson

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea. — Patrick Wilson

I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls, but not in purple velvet. I couldn't find those. — Patrick Wilson

It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym. — Patrick Wilson