Dean Winters Quotes

#1. I've been in scenes with my brother where I've been absolutely emotionally terrified to go somewhere. But because he's my brother, I feel safe.

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#2. I really love Paul Smith. And Chrome Hearts. They make the most beautiful, high-end leather and outerwear and jewelry you've ever seen.

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#3. I wanted to become an actor so I didn't have to put on a suit and sell insurance.

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#4. Tina Fey is the most caring woman I've worked with in this business.

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#5. I grew up in New York, and I've always been surrounded by fashion. My grandmother used to write for 'Vogue' in the '50s, and my mother was a dancer and a model.

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#6. I'm Irish, I'm from New York, and I definitely have issues.

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#7. If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.

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#8. When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear two things out of car windows as cabs pass by me: They either yell, 'Hey, dummy,' or 'Hey, Mayhem.'

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#9. People are lazy, and they want their fast food via the television.

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#10. As an actor, I tend to enjoy going to the dark side.

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#11. If I see one more forensics show, I'm gonna throw up.

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#12. I have yet to do a job where I would really get to rock the great clothes. I'd love to do a job where I could wear Thom Browne.

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#13. I've always been drawn to stories involving brothers, which started with my first viewing of Sean Penn's, 'The Indian Runner.' This subsequently lead to my working with my two brothers, Scott & Brad. I couldn't imagine a greater gift in the business.

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#14. I've done a few jobs out there for the money, and I find those jobs have come back to haunt me.

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#15. You don't really think The Terminator exists, but you want him to exist.

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#16. New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time.

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#17. I think I was raised by a really good mother.

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#18. I work hard, so I play harder.

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#19. I was born and raised in New York and I'm of an age where I want to just be home. But, you know, when you sign up to be an actor it's like joining the circus and the circus is not always going to be in your hometown.

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#20. I'm not a big fan of shopping. I certainly am a fan of clothes, and especially people that put time into the construction of them.

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#21. For me the most fun of my career is to bring a little bit of irreverence to characters. And, you know, I don't think that the producers were expecting me to be as irreverent as I am.

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#22. School and I never seemed to walk hand in hand.

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#23. I never go into a scene - ever, ever, ever - thinking, I have to make myself more empathetic toward the audience. Once you start doing that, you get into really dangerous territory. I think you start to become kind of untrue to the character.

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#24. I tend to sleep a lot.

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#25. On a show like 'Oz,' I was wearing Dickies and a cut-off shirt and a gold cross.

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#26. Unfortunately, in the Hollywood way, respect comes in the form of a trophy a lot of the time.

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#27. My brother and I worked in eight bars as the brother bartenders.

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#28. Obviously, David [Shore] probably has pressure because House was such an amazing show. But I try not to go into these jobs, thinking that I have to live up to people's expectations.

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#29. I've definitely become more aware of the penal system and more aware of what life could be like inside a prison.

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#30. The best thing an actor can bring to a role is himself - that's no secret.

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