Top 25 Michael Rooker Quotes

As a kid, I saw a lot of scary movies, but they were mixed with comedy, like ‘Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.’

I’ve done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone.

‘Animal’ was my nickname in high school.

Me, personally, Michael Rooker – I’m not a good victim.

I don’t approach a role by saying I’ll be unsavory or unlikable.

I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.

‘Night of the Living Dead’ is one of my favorites.

I’ve been in this business a long time, and I’ve worked with a lot of different directors now. It’s cool to get the chance to work with the same guy several times.

Before ‘The Walking Dead,’ a few of the jobs before that were just like, ‘Ugh.’ I try and make everything as creative as possible, even when I get the script and can’t imagine what I’m going to do with it.

I would have loved to have been on ‘The Walking Dead’ longer, but it didn’t happen.

‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ have pumped up the recognition factor a thousand times. I can’t get off an airplane anymore. I don’t know how the hell they know and how these people find out. They must have some interesting, secret way of getting a hold of the flight manifesto or something.

The cosplayers are very fun. The kids are the best. Everyone is a kid at a comic con. There are some amazing stuff that goes on at these cons. The people have a blast. It’s so neat to see the fans lining up to see you and talk with you. And asking you questions.

I swear I am the worst gamer. I try, I try, and I try, but for some reason, you know, it – yeah. I got – everybody beats me. Let’s just put it that way.

As the actor, you can’t be worried about the scene that you’re going to playing two days from now. You think about what’s going on right now and in the moment. That’s what you worry about.

Horror fans need horror, okay? They don’t need little worms squirming around going down your throat. To them, that’s not horror.

I’ve been going to the movies since I was 6 or 7 years old.

I think all the roles I’ve done have been very passionate people who go to absolute extremes to make their points.

I like horror and sci-fi almost equally, but I watch more sci-fi than horror. Does that mean I like sci-fi more than horror? Maybe.

I’m a very jovial guy. I like to laugh, and when things strike me as funny, I don’t hide the fact that it’s humorous to me. It almost doesn’t matter where I’m at: I will burst out and laugh if it’s funny to me.

I did ‘Slither,’ so I’ve done seven hours in the makeup chair. So two hours for zombie makeup is like nothing. That’s a walk in the park for me. When you do seven-hour makeup and then eight hours of work, you’re thinking, ‘Oh God, what did this do to me?’ You’re under that rubber forever. It’s crazy.

Groot is an awesome character.

I was ecstatic when ‘The Walking Dead’ came along. Merle Dixon was so perfectly adapted for me.

If you got a stuntman that can do it better than me, go do it. But if they can’t do it better than me, I’m doing it myself – plain and simple.

I hope there are 10 sequels to the ‘Guardians’ movie!

I learned how to turn it on and turn it off. You learn that in theater, too, but for film work, I learned from doing ‘Henry,’ I learned how to leave work at work and go home. There’s always spillover. Actors speak of this.