Jon Bernthal Quotes

I don’t tweet.

I’m not a big shopper.

I’ve never been a big gore guy.

I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.

Bugs have always loved me.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that’s the dream.

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking.

Fighting really does reveal everything to the other guy. It’s not just about who can beat up to or who’s tougher, it’s who bullies who and who goes easy on who. You change from opponent, so it’s about how you deal with a challenge and how you deal with a guy who you can handle easily.

I wanted to be kicked and hit and bruised up and beaten. It became something that was an absolutely necessary part of every day for me.

You know, I love the South.

I think any time you can go after an audience that isn’t built in, that’s the job.

I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It’s ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.

The goal is just to try to get better and better, and the only way that makes sense to do that is to work with the best people. Surround yourself with the best artists and learn from them, and try to sink your teeth into the best material possible.

I played sports in high school and in college.

I hope that I would put whatever my political beliefs aside, and realize that my country’s asked me to to something, and do it.

I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you’re going to get that next script and you’re done.

I think that, just like the art scene and the music scene is exploding in LA – I mean, let’s face it: if you want to be an artist you cannot live in New York anymore because it is too expensive…

We all come from different levels, and I think every human has their own relationship to violence, athletic violence and fighting.

Some people that are heroes to some can be looked at by another group of people as villains. As far as a middle point, just speaking for myself, that’s exactly what to avoid.