44 Quotes by Aaron Stanford

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that’s interesting then we’ll want to do it.

You always take a little bit back with you at the end of the day. I always put a little bit of myself into the characters, too. You find parallels, points of connection, things like that. But I’m not an actor who gets so incredibly haunted by my characters that I can’t come back.

I didn’t follow the whole ‘X-Men’ story because it got too complicated. I’d pick up a comic book and have no idea what was going on.

But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there’s no solution.

I do know that I’ve read somewhere that it’s been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don’t know why that is. You’d think it’d be the opposite. You’d think people would want to escape from it.

It’s nice to know when you’re a part of a story, it’s nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.

Of course, I’m not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

I’ve been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.

You have to find it in the moment, and that’s one of the challenges of being an actor – especially a film actor – is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There’s no trick to it. You just have to do.