Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Ronny Cox.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Daniel Ronald Cox is an American actor, singer and songwriter. His best-known roles include Drew Ballinger in Deliverance (1972), George Apple in Apple's Way (1974–75), Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Dick Jones in RoboCop (1987), Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall (1990), The President in Captain America (1990), and Justin in Age of Dinosaurs (2013). Cox is also active as a musician, performing over 100 times per year at festivals and theaters each year as of 2012.
I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.
I think that's the great thing about music: It can communicate emotionally. And you don't have to necessarily get all of the words. I mean you have to know what is being said, but didn't you find even if you didn't get all of the words, you certainly get the emotion?
I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up! Now it seems over half the stories in my show are made up. The funny thing is, those seem to be the ones that resonate the most with the audiences.
Even though these days I'm very selective about what roles I want to do, I will do Stargate anytime they call.