Norman Reedus Quotes

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the back. I like that mixture.

I like people who push the envelope.

I'm certainly honest - and I can be socially awkward.

There's a happiness about me, a confidence and a happiness that I didn't have when I was younger. You feel good inside, you look good outside. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before. You can be really good-looking in your twenties but feel miserable, and people just sort of walk away.

I like playing these awkward moments in between that build relationships. I don’t ever want to play that character that grabs the girl and has my way with her. That’s just not who that character is. If Daryl falls in love with you, he’s going to love you for the rest of his life.

Oh I love horror movies, yeah. I think my favorite movie growing up was 'The Omen.' I actually wanted to be that little kid.

You can't not look cool with a crossbow.

It's really easy to take something small and make it big in your head and fight against it.

I’m a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

I'm one of those people who can watch a stupid movie and end up crying.

You feel good inside, you look good outside. I feel like I look like somebody who's having a good life, who's enjoying it a little better than I did before.

I'm still insecure, but when I first started acting, I was really insecure. I glared at a lot of people. I assumed everyone hated me. Somehow that scowl has turned into an acting career.

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.

I'm constantly running away from everything. I'm running away from things on a daily basis. I run away from relationships. I run away from responsibilities.

Slow down, totally. You have to slow down and pay attention to everything.

If a woman is dishonest, that kills it for me. I can't even talk to her anymore.

My twenties were carefree in the worst ways. There's a nice balance now of work ethic and healthy lifestyle and carefree attitude, which is pretty nice. You get to a point where you don't care so much what people think of you and you care more about yourself.

I'm a T-shirt-and-Levi's type of a guy.

I'm not afraid to take chances or go off on my own.

I love the crossbow. I mean it's just fun. Guns are fun, I can't deny that shooting guns in movies isn't fun. But a crossbow is pretty rad.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even the success of my shows. I think it's the lifestyle change, I really do.

I hate that word, 'quirky.' It's like the worst f - king word in the world.

I've been camping and stuff, but if you left me in the woods I'd probably just curl up and cry until someone found me.

I'm in a happy place. I'm very at peace with who I am and what I'm doing and the people around me, so I think I'm probably most ambitious at where I am.

Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

I think it's interesting to have a cool character not look so cool, you know?

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery. Because it looks like you had plastic surgery.

I'm not afraid of retirement. Retirement sounds like a blast.

I don't think anyone wants to cuddle a zombie.

I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care.

Irish is harder to pull off. I know southern people and I really like the midwest, so I can tap into that a little bit. It's easier to sound angry with southern than it is Irish. Yelling Irish you can sound like an angry Leprechaun. I think me screaming like I am going to kill you in Irish doesn't work.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

Before becoming an actor I kind of just wanted to paint and live somewhere and do something low-key and artistic.

When you do television, you have this opportunity to drop these subtle hints everywhere. The way you say things, for example, sometimes those seeds turn into trees.

Oh, I love horror movies, yeah.

I'm so fortunate, it's ridiculous.

I'm not saying that I don't like the success of the job, but I really like going to work every day and I really like coming home and feeling satisfied with what I did today.

When you add up the minutes you spend actually making a movie - the amount of time you spend actually doing your thing in front of a camera - it just isn't that much. But it's everything.

I love smashing stuff.

In my trailer, I work out with free weights and do situps and push-ups. I'm just trying to stay lean and active looking.

I saw 'True Blood' once, and I like the jazzy feel of it and stuff.

People are pretty strange.

Peanut Butter Wolf is my relaxing music, my lunch music, my chilling music.

I followed a girl I met in Japan to Los Angeles and ended up working in a motorcycle store. I quit the job one night, went to a party in the Hollywood Hills and ended up yelling at a bunch of people. Someone saw me yelling and asked me to be in a play. The first night, there was an agent in the audience who took me on and sent me out for jobs.

I basically eat a lot of proteins, and I've been eating smaller portions of food. I try to eat all locally raised and organic produce.