Walton Goggins Quotes

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn.

I still live my life the way that I want to live it, and people are very respectful of my space, but they also want to chat, and I quite like chatting.

I never fancied myself having a prejudice towards people with tattoos. I personally don't have any and I don't think that I do, but I do see that people treat me differently with tattoos. People get out of my way.

No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.

I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

There is something beautiful and permanent in the world, and that is the love that a person can have for another human being.

I like storytelling, and I feel more confident as the years have gone on about my ability to do that.

Art is not created in a vacuum. That experience is something to be shared with a group of people, and to be moved in that way.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

Success in TV-showmaking is just a matter of being authentic and doing the best you can, and you hope that people watch it and like it. For us [showmakers], we know where our bread is buttered, and we live by the written word of the critic. That's how shows build a critical mass on cable.

I find that I have no problem getting a table at a restaurant when I walk in.

Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

When you get the call from Quentin Tarantino, it's the call of a lifetime. You don't allow yourself to be vulnerable enough or to be fool enough to expect that phone call to happen, in reality.

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.