75 Quotes by Garrett Hedlund

I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I’d find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in ‘Friday Night Lights.’ It was surreal.

I’ve been told I’m too good looking for certain roles, but that’s okay. It just motivates me to go deeper.

I’d mortgage any house for art.

It’s funny that I got to do ‘On the Road’ because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.

I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it’s been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.

A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it’s best to acknowledge that weird balance.

You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident, but that’s not how it is for me. When I’m over 200 pounds, that’s when I’m the most confident version of myself.

I actually signed on to do ‘On the Road’ before we started on ‘Tron,’ but we were in flux for a while, just sort of playing the waiting game, trying to get the right budget and the right cast.

I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going ’dum dum da doo wop.