Top 35 Giancarlo Esposito Quotes

I’m not someone who is a fan of a lot of violence.

For me, I’ve lived a life as an athlete.

I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.

I do play villains.

Yoga is a big part of my life now. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t do an Asana and meditation practice.

I love to read, and I like the fact that there’s some silence in my life.

I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings.

For me, what I try to heal is the major thing that I think all of us go through, where we came from. From our family of origin.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

I love the smell of fried chicken.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

It’s certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.

To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.

When you’re speaking Spanish, you’re thinking in a different way.

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

I’m not too into fast food, but you know if I was, it would be chicken.

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

I feel that sometimes, holding yourself as black, saying that is your sole identity, can sometimes stand in your way of being a member of the humanity of man, being a member of the family of the divine.

I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.

I never like to refer back to anything I’ve done when I’m working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

I often think about, ‘How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?’

I’m impatient sometimes.

Luis Bunuel made great movies.

I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn’t do it.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I’m truly persuasive.

Yoga has allowed me to bring my complete spirit together, which allows me to do less, which is more.

I can fish from a stick and a string.

I had to work from a young age.

I don’t think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

People aren’t able to make decisions anymore because there’s too many choices within that decision.

After ‘Breaking Bad,’ people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.

When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.

I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I’m not anymore. I’m more lenient on myself.

I’m a big fan of period pieces, and I’m a big fan of the old-time westerns.