Skeet Ulrich
The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them.
Skeet UlrichIn this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder.
Skeet UlrichI didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.
Skeet UlrichThere's a lot of reasons you can think of to say why you act, but I can only say that it just felt good. At the same time, it felt really painful. It's still troubling and stressful to me.
Skeet UlrichI was horrible in Boys Don't Cry, in my opinion, and I was hyped for it, and that's a weird thing to deal with.
Skeet UlrichThere's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism.
Skeet UlrichI had gone to school to study marine biology.
Skeet UlrichAs an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.
Skeet UlrichAny time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.
Skeet UlrichI think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.
Skeet UlrichI grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina.
Skeet UlrichI love feedback, I like to know when I hit something. Usually you know yourself, but you like to see that smile on the director's face.
Skeet UlrichWhat's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way.
Skeet UlrichI had built stuff my entire life, so I was designing and building and taking drafting. I would watch plays and got real interested in performing.
Skeet UlrichWhatever labels are being pinned on me have nothing to do with me.
Skeet UlrichThe more you understand me, the less characters I can play.
Skeet UlrichI guess I'm a little charmed. I never thought this would happen so quick.
Skeet UlrichI got into doing extra work. I liked it, and I didn't want to be a professional extra, so I joined the school theater.
Skeet UlrichMy problem with interviews, one day I'll think one thing, and the next day I'll think the exact opposite.
Skeet UlrichI feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.
Skeet UlrichBecause of the need to remove all modernism, we stayed in the middle of nowhere all day long, living out of tents. It was cold. It definitely set the scene.
Skeet UlrichI think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.
Skeet UlrichHaving people in the business say, You do good work, is part of it, and so is knowing that it's true in my head, that I do good work.
Skeet UlrichI think you have to refill the well at some point.
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