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 always felt there were aspects of me that were monstrous, and you can either hide from it or confront it, embrace it and understand that those are aspects that make you unique and define you and motivate you. You can either overwhelm or overcompensate for them -- but they truly define you as a human being...So that life became a question of either dealing with this monstrousness in one way or another...One finds a way to understand and make friends with that monster and understand that that's the very thing that makes you who you are. That's your emotional and spiritual fingerprint.
I had an opportunity to be in Frank's [Sinatra] circle, but I couldn't take advantage of it because I couldn't get over how awed I was by him. It was so uncomfortable for me because he meant so much to me, but I just couldn't be myself, so I fled rather than having those great nights hanging out.
I love great animation.
It's nice to get paid for therapy rather than having to pay $240 an hour for it.
I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.
You can change the circumstances but you can never change man's inner nature.
I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.
I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.
I'm just trying to make up for lost times, and I have total awareness that when the work is coming it doesn't mean it's going to continue to come, so I'm taking advantage of this phenomenal period that I'm in now, to its fullest.
If something strikes me as insane and unjust, I cannot tolerate that.
Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational.
My whole mantra is, "Go big or go home." I don't want to just play a guy who dresses up. I want to play the person who threw down.
Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show.
In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of.