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Harry Dean Stanton
American
Actor
About the author
I like to stay home and watch television. The Game Show channel, mostly.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Home
#Television
I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Singing
I have a good ear for languages.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#People
I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Time
#Play
I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Singing
I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Time
#Play
#Guitar
I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Training
#College
#Voice
#Speech
I'm not really into religion.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Religion
I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Right
#People
#Compliments
Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Singing
#Voice
#Speech
The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Now
#Years
#Play
Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Science
#Universe
#Mystery
You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Want
#People
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Want
#People
#Wisdom
#Conversation
#Walking
I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Want
#May
#Night
#Rest
#Angels
I've never been ambitious about recording.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Culture
#Music
But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that.
Harry Dean Stanton,
American
Actor
#Future