Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Benjamin Walker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Benjamin Walker.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Benjamin Walker Scodelario-Davis is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He starred as Andrew Jackson in the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, which premiered on Broadway in 2010. He has appeared in a number of Broadway productions, notably as Patrick Bateman in the 2016 musical adaptation of the novel American Psycho and as Chris Keller in the 2019 revival of All My Sons, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor. On screen, he is known for his title role in the 2012 film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, as well as his appearances in the films Kinsey, Flags of Our Fathers, and In the Heart of the Sea. In 2019, he starred as Erik Gelden in the third and final season of Marvel's Jessica Jones from Netflix.

American - Actor | Born: June 21, 1982

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Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

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If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.

Benjamin Walker

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing.

Benjamin Walker

The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law.

Benjamin Walker

The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it.

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Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

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I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.

Benjamin Walker

Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.

Benjamin Walker

You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

Benjamin Walker

The place I feel most at home is when I have health insurance. I really don't care how I get it, whether it's on film, or television or waiting tables, you know?

Benjamin Walker

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

Benjamin Walker

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?'

Benjamin Walker

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

Benjamin Walker

You never know when you'll have a bad idea for a worse joke.

Benjamin Walker

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.

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I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

Benjamin Walker

My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.

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New Orleans in an amazing town.

Benjamin Walker

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

Benjamin Walker

You never can take for granted that you have a job.

Benjamin Walker

I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.

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People are still people, and they make their decisions based on their life experiences and their beliefs. You really can't divorce the two. It's important to fight against stereotypes and oversimplifications in very complex people.

Benjamin Walker

I'm just looking for things to steal [on working with great actors]. It's like going back to acting school. When you're around people that do it well and you get your head out of your ass, you can really learn something.

Benjamin Walker

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?

Benjamin Walker

I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts' academy in Michigan, who taught me the importance of storytelling, and I really responded to that. It seemed like a long shot, but I always play the long odds.

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Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Benjamin Walker

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