76 Quotes by Romany Malco

I always try to get as personal as I can with the characters that I play, which is a reason why I don't play a lot of characters.

I like to be challenged and stay true to my archetype. That's something I don't admit of being like in real life and I don't have to be. I always try to understand what would lead an individual to being that way, to being oblivious to the fact that he's somewhat insensitive and scared of commitment, and that psychological journey, and what traumas may have occurred in this person's childhood to bring him to that point.

I'm taking the indie filmmaker's approach to building my career and that approach is developing a relationship with the fans.

My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."

The only difference between comedy and drama is that, in comedy, I'm going to utilize the tool of creating laughter to deflect discomfort and, in drama, I won't use a tool, but we're going to actually deal with the discomfort and see what comes out of it.

Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved back to New York. I'm just a lot more inspired by real life than I am by depictions of real life.

I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.

I don't want every fan; I'm interested in fans interested in quality work, authentic archetype depictions.

It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a film has a predominantly Black cast, that it is a particular quality of film.