Adam baldwin

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.

It's great to be able to pretend you're tough but funny at the same time.

The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.

I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.

If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is "poontang".

A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week.

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

My wife asks me, when I get home from auditions, if they asked how tall I am. And if I say "Yes," then she says, "Okay, you didn't get that job."

I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio.

Fear is a killer, when it comes to the creative process.

You can't control the audience. When you're on the air and they're not coming to the party, it's time to shut down the party.

I'm not much of a jokester.

What hard evidence is there that Obama doesn't want ebola in America?

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat ya with until you realize who's in ruttin' command here!

I think work begets work.

Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds.

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

This is advice I would give to any young actor - if you go into a room with anybody and you come in with a positive attitude and a place of love, and you truly do love what you're doing, then the negative energy doesn't even get into the room. You just have to prepare, and then go in and be the best you that you can be, and you'll either get the job or you won't.

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me.

You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.

You never really know the guy until you sit down with him.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

A lot of the questions that anyone would naturally have about their family, you'll get much of the answers for, or at least hints to where it will go, in the future.

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Adam Baldwin: Biography and Life Work

Adam Baldwin was a notable Actor. The story of Adam Baldwin began on February 27, 1962 in Winnetka, Illinois, U.S..

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He made his film debut in My Bodyguard (1980) and later appeared in films including Full Metal Jacket (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000), and Serenity (2005). On television, he is known for playing Jayne Cobb in Firefly , John Casey in Chuck , and Mike Slattery in The Last Ship . He has also worked as a voice actor, including as Superman in Superman: Doomsday (2007) and Dutch in Halo 3: ODST (2009).

Legacy and Personal Influence

Personally, Adam Baldwin was married to Ami Julius.

Philosophical Views and Reflections

On television, Baldwin became a regular cast member of Joss Whedon 's science-fiction series Firefly (2002–2003) as the mercenary Jayne Cobb , and reprised the role in the continuation film Serenity (2005). From 2007 to 2012 he played the National Security Agency agent John Casey on NBC's action-comedy series Chuck . His other television work includes a regular role on ABC's Day Break (2006–2007) and a lead role on the 1996–1997 drama series The Cape as Col. Jack Riles. He made a brief on-screen return to the schoolyard premise of My Bodyguard with a cameo in the comedy Drillbit Taylor (2008), noted as an explicit nod to his earlier film.

In 2014, Baldwin became associated with Gamer Gate after using the hashtag "#Gamer Gate" during the controversy. Sources differed on how to characterize his role in the hashtag's origin: Time wrote that Baldwin "coined" the term, The Washington Post reported that its origin was disputed and that Baldwin claimed credit for it, and The New Yorker described it as having been popularized by him. The New Yorker also reported that Baldwin linked to a video making an allegation about game developer Zoë Quinn that the magazine said had since been "proved false". In a 2014 interview with Vulture , Baldwin described Gamer Gate as focused on ethics in games journalism and argued that threats of violence should not be treated as inherent to the hashtag, calling it "a mistake to commingle the two". WIRED later described Baldwin as lending "high profile support" to the controversy, while the Columbia Journalism Review wrote that, in the absence of clear spokespeople for Gamer Gate, journalists sometimes interviewed "proxies like actor Adam Baldwin".

Adam Baldwin
Adam baldwin

Adam Baldwin: Biography and Life Work

Adam Baldwin was a notable Actor. The story of Adam Baldwin began on February 27, 1962 in Winnetka, Illinois, U.S..

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He made his film debut in My Bodyguard (1980) and later appeared in films including Full Metal Jacket (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000), and Serenity (2005). On television, he is known for playing Jayne Cobb in Firefly , John Casey in Chuck , and Mike Slattery in The Last Ship . He has also worked as a voice actor, including as Superman in Superman: Doomsday (2007) and Dutch in Halo 3: ODST (2009).

Legacy and Personal Influence

Personally, Adam Baldwin was married to Ami Julius.

Philosophical Views and Reflections

On television, Baldwin became a regular cast member of Joss Whedon 's science-fiction series Firefly (2002–2003) as the mercenary Jayne Cobb , and reprised the role in the continuation film Serenity (2005). From 2007 to 2012 he played the National Security Agency agent John Casey on NBC's action-comedy series Chuck . His other television work includes a regular role on ABC's Day Break (2006–2007) and a lead role on the 1996–1997 drama series The Cape as Col. Jack Riles. He made a brief on-screen return to the schoolyard premise of My Bodyguard with a cameo in the comedy Drillbit Taylor (2008), noted as an explicit nod to his earlier film.

In 2014, Baldwin became associated with Gamer Gate after using the hashtag "#Gamer Gate" during the controversy. Sources differed on how to characterize his role in the hashtag's origin: Time wrote that Baldwin "coined" the term, The Washington Post reported that its origin was disputed and that Baldwin claimed credit for it, and The New Yorker described it as having been popularized by him. The New Yorker also reported that Baldwin linked to a video making an allegation about game developer Zoë Quinn that the magazine said had since been "proved false". In a 2014 interview with Vulture , Baldwin described Gamer Gate as focused on ethics in games journalism and argued that threats of violence should not be treated as inherent to the hashtag, calling it "a mistake to commingle the two". WIRED later described Baldwin as lending "high profile support" to the controversy, while the Columbia Journalism Review wrote that, in the absence of clear spokespeople for Gamer Gate, journalists sometimes interviewed "proxies like actor Adam Baldwin".

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