1,228 Quotes by Henry Rollins

Entertainment’s hard on the ego. I see why actors are so psycho now. Because there’s so much ‘we don’t want you’ going on in acting. Even big people get rejected but the smaller people – they really get rejected. Trust me – I know.

I’m constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.

I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it’s the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myself better now and know what I have to do.

There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength. Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, it’s impossible to turn back.

I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that’s how I get it out – with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it’s always kind of a wail.

In the city of Pyongyang, you don’t have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung. They love the guy. He is responsible for the wonder that is North Korea.

It is just that I don’t want a wife and I don’t want kids.

There’s no such thing as an ex-junkie.

So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I’m on the set, but I don’t take myself seriously as an actor.