Robert Knepper Quotes

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.

Prison Break really changed me to somebody that can put butts in seats.

I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

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

I was the little kid growing up. I wasn’t picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from the bullies.

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.

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.

With comedy, if you write something for me, I’m better at it. I’m not sure I’m so good at improvisational stuff.

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.

The crew, the actors and the writers all work the same way. We always want to do the best job.

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

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.