Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson
Craig Theodore Nelsonis an American actor. He is best known for his Emmy-winning role as Hayden Fox on the TV series Coach, Deputy Ward Wilson in the 1980 film Stir Crazy, Steven Freeling in the 1982 film Poltergeist, the Warden in My Name is Earl, and Mr. Incredible in the 2004 film The Incredibles. He also starred in the TV series Parenthood...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth4 April 1944
CitySpokane, WA
CountryUnited States of America
Craig T. Nelson quotes about
The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that's what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.
It is an embarrassment that the United States, the wealthiest nation, has people that go hungry.
No one is accountable anymore for anything.
I lost my parents when I was fairly young.
Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.
California is no longer a state, it's a hedge fund.
I love going to work.
I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No.
My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for 'The District' and 'CSI: NY.
What happened to society? I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. I've been on food stamps and welfare, did anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision.
When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.
When you're doing Sebring in the back straight at 185 or 187, and the car's moving, you gotta know what to do with it, how to read it. Just the science of understanding shocks - forget spring rates - is mind-boggling.
They're just not into doing sequels after Toy Story so I don't think that's a possibility. But if they did, well sure, you'd have to do it. And I'd want to do it.
Most projects that I've done are really not about the project. They're about what's going on inside and around, that journey that we're all on, and what I can do to help that journey further itself and be of encouragement to somebody.