Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer.
I've never seen a Western that was really truthful. Most are just morality plays. Good guys and bad guys - and the good guys always win, whereas in reality most of the sheriffs were as bad as the gangsters they were after.
I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.
I change every day. I'm still changing.
I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?
Sixty percent of the vegetables you see in the supermarkets came from the American Indians. They also gave us aspirin and quinine. And their model of government parallels our Senate. But their women elected the chiefs, and impeached them.
I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.
I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
I have a good ear for languages.
You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.
I've always been a searcher, you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political and everything, but you can't separate yourself. You can't disconnect yourself from anything.
The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA
California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.
I only eat so that I can smoke and stay alive.
I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.
I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.