I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
- Anson Mount
Enemy, Feel, Need, Overstate
I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.
- Anson Mount
Sometimes, Anybody, Dork, Claim
I'm a goofball.
- Anson Mount
Goofball
I think the American Western laid down a kind of subject matter that's about following your instinct or following your gut and having a sort of removed quality from your humanity. And I think Clint Eastwood helped to establish that.
- Anson Mount
I Think, Eastwood, Clint, Establish
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
- Anson Mount
Fiction, Like, Took, Science Fiction
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
- Anson Mount
Nature, Television, Original, Programming
About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.
- Anson Mount
Some, Hours, Mine, Long-Distance
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood.
- Anson Mount
Media, Been, Last, Decades
You don't need to like your protagonists.
- Anson Mount
Need, Like, Your, Protagonists
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.
- Anson Mount
Gun, Living, Had, Rifles
When you're in school until you're 25 and you get out and suddenly structure is not handed to you, if you're smart you realize that you need to create structure for yourself.
- Anson Mount
Need, Handed, Suddenly, Structure
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.
- Anson Mount
Education, Civil War, South, American History
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
- Anson Mount
Church, Movies, Want, Redemption
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
- Anson Mount
Heroes, Villains, Playing, Not Interested
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
- Anson Mount
Character, Clear, About, I Care
Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
- Anson Mount
Character, Words, Bad, Arbitrary
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
- Anson Mount
Know, How, Guy, Tough Guy
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
- Anson Mount
Love, Over, Period, Long Period
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.
- Anson Mount
Expert, Riding, Had, Horses
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
- Anson Mount
Work, Depending, Does, Fundamentally
I like being able to be a man.
- Anson Mount
Like, Able, Being, Be A Man
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
- Anson Mount
Character, Southern, Across, Vilified
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
- Anson Mount
Love, Getting, I Love, Horse
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
- Anson Mount
Me, Play, Well, Make Believe
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
- Anson Mount
Hero, Think, I Think, Villain
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