Michael C. Hall Quotes

I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

There are no secrets in life; just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface.

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen.

I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.

As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am.

I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

I think we're really - we're doing a really great job doing our show, and other shows are doing a great job doing theirs, and we'll just see what people have to say.