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Danny Huston Biography

Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American actor, writer, and director. Huston got his start directing Mr. North starring Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum and his half-sister, Anjelica Huston. Later, Huston gave his breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivans Xtc and was nominated for Best Male Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2003.

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I had no ambition to become an actor at all.

Actor, Actors, Ambition, Become

There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem.

Art, Example, Picasso, Problem

I guess I've played a lot of failures, which is a Huston quality, I guess. I love losers, though, and have never met anyone who hasn't been one sometime. I'm always looking to understand them, and my father had an extremely keen eye to be able to dissect and bring that forward in the way he told his stories.

Eye, Father, Forward, Losers, Quality

Usually when you're working on fight scenes, you don't really feel what's going on physically. It's more when you go back home and you're like, "My god!," and you wear the wounds or bruises with a certain amount of pride.

Amount, Bruises, Fighting, Home, Physically, Pride

At times, there are misunderstandings [during shooting]. Especially with green screen and not really knowing what it is that you're looking at, you really depend on the director to create that world for you.

Create, Directors, Knowing, Misunderstandings, Shooting, World

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

Drawing, Loved, Pad, Pads, Painting, Passionate

You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research. You kind of have to, really, if you want to know what you're doing, but it opens up this whole new understanding.

Acting, General, Know, Movie, Understanding

I love playing bad. But my whole thing is usually villains that don't know that they're evil.

Evil, Know, Playing, Usually, Villain, Whole

The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

Knowing, Series, Stories, Thing, Tvs, Whole

In a way, all actors are gypsies, or much like a traveling circus.

Actors, Circus, Way

As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hate about directing is the waiting game, but you've really got to wait it out and be resilient and keep it going and keep everybody motivated.

Direct, Games, Hate, Motivated, Thing, Waiting

I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to make films - I saw my father suffer through that.

Father, Long, Make, Suffering

I started as a director and just fell upon acting.

Acting, Director, Directors, Fell