Norman Reedus Quotes

I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the job one night, went to a party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up yelling at a bunch of people. Someone saw me yelling and asked me to be in a play. The first night, there was an agent in the audience who took me on and sent me out for jobs.

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I don't have a mullet, but going into season one on 'The Walking Dead,' I asked to have a mullet, and everybody talked me out of it. Because I'd have to wear a mullet when we were not shooting every day. I have that motorcycle, wings on my vest, the crossbow... Maybe a mullet would've thrown me over the edge.

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I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

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I've been camping and stuff, but if you left me in the woods I'd probably just curl up and cry until someone found me.

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I've been into Sonic Youth since junior high school. I think I kind of have ADD, so it's good music for ADD because it just throws you in different directions all the time. I really like Kim Gordon's voice and Thurston Moore's voice, and I like the guitars going off on tangents.

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Oh I love horror movies, yeah. I think my favorite movie growing up was 'The Omen.' I actually wanted to be that little kid.

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I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

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I saw 'True Blood' once, and I like the jazzy feel of it and stuff.

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The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

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I've shot films in locations that have seemed haunted. I shot a film in a maximum-security prison in Russia. Part of it was on a psychiatric ward - there were definitely some creepy vibes there.

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I'm always taking pictures and travelling with a camera and have so many photos that I've done a book.

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Peanut Butter Wolf is my relaxing music, my lunch music, my chilling music.

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I did a film called 'Floating' early on that had a scene which was similar to a real-life situation I was in at the time. It involved me having a conversation with my father, who was dying. It was close to home and it made me realise acting wasn't just making faces for the cameras, it was a real art form.

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I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care.

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In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.

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I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.

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I went camping one time when I was twelve, to the Great Lakes. My friend stepped in really deep muddy water and started screaming and sinking. My mom ran up, and I was just standing there a foot away and wouldn't stick out my hand to pull him up. So I'm probably not the best person to take on a camping trip.

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I like people who push the envelope.

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I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

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I've had shows as a painter, as a photographer, I've done shows as a sculptor. I've done a lot of different things and it all comes from experiences that you have in your life, in your creative environment. They all help - I don't even know if they help; maybe they make it worse but they all influence each other, for sure.

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I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

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I had fears going into television that it might become boring to me, and I always like to be challenged, push myself. You do a film, and you know where you're going; you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

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I'm one of those guys that - as far as relationships and stuff go - if you smile at me, I'm like, 'Let's date for three years' - which is just ridiculous.

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I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made.

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I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

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Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

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I have a cartoon I'm developing with Adult Swim called 'Monster Town U.S.A.,' so I'm busy doing that. Trying to do a coffee-table book of my photography that's been requested of me a couple of times. I'm constantly busy.

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I'm more of a listener than a talker.

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If a woman is dishonest, that kills it for me. I can't even talk to her anymore.

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I'm constantly running away from everything. I'm running away from things on a daily basis. I run away from relationships. I run away from responsibilities.

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I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

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When you do television, you have this opportunity to drop these subtle hints everywhere. The way you say things, for example, sometimes those seeds turn into trees.

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I'm so fortunate, it's ridiculous.

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People are pretty strange.

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Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

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Oh, I love horror movies, yeah.

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You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

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I'm constantly busy.

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I don't think anyone wants to cuddle a zombie.

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I love smashing stuff.

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You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

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