37 Quotes by Michael Chiklis

He didn't want to travel like the others. He had a career as a working actor in Los Angeles.

I was actually a little nervous when the female horse got shot,

Prior to 'The Shield,' basic cable was just a wasteland of reruns and NASCAR. When we came along, I think there was a collective, 'Hey, if they can do that, why can't we?' from the basic-cable networks of the world. We ended up being the cornerstone for a network, and a great one.

That pesky acting career has always gotten in the way of me doing something with music.

I hoped that academy voters weren't swayed by the dogma that was being thrown around. Fortunately, they weren't.

He oversaw the production from a distance. He had casting approval, and script approval. So he acted as the big man on the mountain.

When something that occupies a giant space in your life comes to an end, then you have to go through a mourning period. I loved 'The Shield.' It was one of the hardest and one of the greatest experiences of my life. But having said that, I'm always thinking about what's next.

I'm a workaholic. I could easily work 300-plus days of the year.

I enjoy being an actor largely; in part at least, because you get to walk a mile in another person's shoes, you get to see what their skin is like. The other good thing is you get to leave it.