Norman reedus quotes

I hate that word, 'quirky.' It's like the worst f - king word in the world.

I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even the success of my shows. I think it's the lifestyle change, I really do.

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

There's a happiness about me, a confidence and a happiness now that I didn't have when I was younger. You feel good inside, you look good outside. I have a few little gray hairs on my chin, and I kind of like them. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before. You can be really good-looking in your twenties but feel miserable, and people just sort of walk away.

There's a happiness about me, a confidence and a happiness that I didn't have when I was younger. You feel good inside, you look good outside. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before. You can be really good-looking in your twenties but feel miserable, and people just sort of walk away.

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

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

My mom, she's like Why can't you just do a nice romantic comedy like Jennifer Love Hewitt? And I'm like: Mom, look at me. They just don't put me in those movies.

I'm not afraid of retirement. Retirement sounds like a blast.

My twenties were carefree in the worst ways. There's a nice balance now of work ethic and healthy lifestyle and carefree attitude, which is pretty nice. You get to a point where you don't care so much what people think of you and you care more about yourself.

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

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

I like people who push the envelope.

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.

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

Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.

I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know?

Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

You feel good inside, you look good outside. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before.

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

Slow down, totally. You have to slow down and pay attention to everything.

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.

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.

People are pretty strange.

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.

I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I don’t ever want to play that character that grabs the girl and has my way with her. That’s just not who that character is. If Daryl falls in love with you, he’s going to love you for the rest of his life.

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

I'm so fortunate, it's ridiculous.

I’m a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

I'm in a happy place. I'm very at peace with who I am and what I'm doing and the people around me, so I think I'm probably most ambitious at where I am.

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.

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.

Irish is harder to pull off. I know southern people and I really like the midwest, so I can tap into that a little bit. It's easier to sound angry with southern than it is Irish. Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun. I think me screaming like I am going to kill you in Irish doesn't work.

I'm a T-shirt-and-Levi's type of a guy.

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.

When you add up the minutes you spend actually making a movie - the amount of time you spend actually doing your thing in front of a camera - it just isn't that much. But it's everything.

It's really easy to take something small and make it big in your head and fight against it.

I love smashing stuff.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

I love the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. Guns are fun, I can't deny that shooting guns in movies isn't fun. But a crossbow is pretty rad.

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.

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

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.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

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

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

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

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

Oh, I love horror movies, yeah.

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.

I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery. Because it looks like you had plastic surgery.

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

I'm not saying that I don't like the success of the job, but I really like going to work every day and I really like coming home and feeling satisfied with what I did today.

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