Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong
Edward Walter Furlongis an American actor and musician. A former teen idol, Furlong won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The following year he gave an Independent Spirit Award-nominated turn opposite Jeff Bridges in American Heart, and earned a second Saturn Award nomination for his work in Pet Sematary Two. He won a Young Artist Award for his performance alongside Kathy Bates in A Home of Our Own, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 August 1977
CityGlendale, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I enjoy playing people that are totally different than me. It's a challenge to get inside these people's heads and wonder why they would have these beliefs.
People aren't born racist.
A lot of people my age are so hyper. I like hyper people.
We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.
You just can't go around killing people!
I enjoy playing people that are totally different than me.
If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.
I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.
Some people are kind of themselves, and some people are straight-up actors that can meld into a lot of different parts.
I'm not really ashamed of who I am, but publicity for me is not really about letting people know who Eddie is inside.
My biggest fear was the I'd be a one-time guy.
Maybe part of it is that I'm a little bit crazy, and another thing is, my mannerisms have always been... I'm not like a hyper person.
She called me like a week later and said it was for T2. I loved The Terminator so it was pretty much like a dream come true.
I'm a real lazy, slow kind of person.