Words matter. These are the best Danny McBride Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
But obviously you don’t want to just be the guy who comes in and sort of spices up every movie. So yeah, definitely moving into more of a leading man role would be great, but on my own terms.
It’s awesome to see something like ‘Inception’, which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that’s rare.
The dynamics are pretty much the same among me and my friends as they were when I was 18 years old.
There is no future for me as a closing pitcher.
Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.
On a human level, people want to see someone succeed who wants to change.
I always get forwarded these weird pictures of people getting Kenny Powers tattoos. That’s probably the craziest thing I’ve ever seen: Somebody will ink my face on their body for eternity.
I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter’s belt all the time.
And I’m always surprised when people have seen ‘The Foot Fist Way’, so when people bring that up, I’m always surprised that’s reached other people besides my immediate friends.
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.
But for me, personally, I didn’t have any ambitions to become an actor. I’m interested in getting behind the camera.
As an actor, you don’t want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you’ve succeeded in before.
The whole experience of ‘Eastbound’ has been completely unexpected and super-surprising every step of the way.
I don’t tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy.
So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.
My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I’d worked there all the magic was gone from it. It just turned into a place I hated and I’ve never been there since.
I made movies all the time when I was a kid.
When I met David Green at film school he always used to offer free haircuts – he was kind of an artisan. In a lot of our films, he’s constantly trying to give me weird looks.
I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.
I can’t even remember not wanting to go to film school.
If you do a character that resonates enough, people are always going to see you as that character. It will just be up to me to make choices where I can flex other muscles.
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I’m interested in writing and getting out there is stories about anti-heroes and people you should just not ordinarily root for – trying to figure out a way of appealing to people they wouldn’t normally appeal to.
It hasn’t been anything that’s been overwhelming or anything, but I do get recognized here and there.
Jody Hill, who I created ‘Eastbound And Down’ and ‘Fist Foot Way’ with, was my best man at my wedding.
In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they’re cool, they get respect.
