50 Quotes by Anson Mount

You don't need to like your protagonists.

Having been trained as a stage actor, and then you go out there and you're on 40,000 acres and you have a horse under you and you're shooting a real gun, you almost don't have to act. It's just really amazing.

I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.

Horses have different levels of intelligence and different levels of work ethic.

The people who believe that their soul is being crushed by playing a particular role need to take a vacation or check into the looney bin for awhile.

I feel there’s no need to overstate.

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

I don’t care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who’s understandable and clear.

Different horses have different personalities. They’re just like people.