Shawn Hatosy famous quotes

Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient.
-- Shawn Hatosy

#Clever #Littles #Patient

I was curious. Here was a character where I just didn't know how they were going to write him into 13 episodes without it being one note. My fear was that I didn't want to join something where I was just going to be this prop and this mustache twirling character.
-- Shawn Hatosy

#Writing #Character #Mustache

I did a lot of research on villains, and guys who start behaving nefariously didn't start out as bad people. My research indicates that all of these people were scorned and hurt by love. Darth Vader didn't start off as a bad guy. He was a good guy. Only when Natalie Portman betrayed him, did he go to the dark side.
-- Shawn Hatosy

#Hurt #Dark #People

The one thing that I will never forget, going forward, from my experience on Southland is that, as an artist and as a professional, I prepare so different, now that I've had that experience. And I've taken the preparation that we learned on Southland to other things, and it's just made me that much stronger.
-- Shawn Hatosy

#Taken #Artist #Preparation

Wile E. Coyote is a coyote with nothing but good intentions. But Road Runner comes along and is unattainable, he wants it and can't get it, and thus he becomes a villain that is impossible to be around. Bill O'Reilly is a villain that is so in love with himself and the sound of his voice that he's literally become the personification of evil.
-- Shawn Hatosy

#Voice #Evil #Sound

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

This land is a monopoly of erroneous ideas.

In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.

There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.

I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.

I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.

Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself

The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.

He used to say to his melancholia patients: "You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription.Try to think every day how you can please someone.