Robert Knepper Quotes

On 'Prison Break,' I tended to talk a lot! They gave me a lot of fun words to say. There were always these great mouthfuls of words that would fall out!

I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

I would love to have the power to be the just eternally perfect husband so my wife would always be happy; that would take me to heaven if I could figure that one out.

How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

There's this great fantasy of going to work, every day, and getting to play out what people think my life is, as a successful actor.

I was raised in the theater and I started acting when I was nine. To me, the idea of being an actor was about playing different characters and being a chameleon. That's why I was in the theater.

I've had so much fun working on 'Shameless.'

I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.

For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

Any great movie in the old days has a red herring. Hitchcock was so good at that.

I thought I'd never do film, let alone television. I was a diehard theater nut.

Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.

When people come up to me and say 'I hate you' or 'I love to hate you,' it's not the usual response that I thought I would've gotten halfway into my career. And then they say, 'I love your work.'

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.