Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. "Ron" Perlmanis an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast, as the comic book character Hellboy in both 2004's Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and as Clay Morrow in television series Sons of Anarchy. His most recent work was as the character "Rust" from Overkill Software's video game PAYDAY 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 April 1950
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.
I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overview and looking at the shape of how things happen, when things happen, why things happen, I think it was fitting that I spent most of my early career doing mask work, because I just don't think I was that comfortable in my own skin.
I'll walk through fire to do what I do because the movie business, when it's right, is the coolest art form ever invented.
I've certainly been very blessed with opportunity.
I love to continue to challenge myself and put myself in situations that are slightly uncomfortable.
I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times.
You draw on your own childhood every time you tee it up as an actor.
The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore.
Almost all of your life is lived by the seat of your pants, one unexpected event crashing into another, with no pattern or reason, and then you finally reach a point, around my age, where you spend more time than ever looking back. Why did this happen? Look where that led? You see the shape of things.
I've done millions of mediocre movies. I've done way more than my fair share. You do what you gotta do. This is not heart surgery. I'm not curing cancer. I'm just trying to put my kids through school.
I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration span, it seemed to suit my personal style of performance, and I have fallen in love with film acting.
1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing.
As an actor or anybody as a human being, I feel more and more like I want to spend time doing something significant. Because what's the alternative? Spend your life wasting your time.
Fearless people are interesting to watch.