Mark Sheppard
Mark Sheppard
Mark Andreas Sheppardis an English, naturalized American, actor and musician, born in London, England of an Irish-German background. He is often credited as "Mark A. Sheppard". Sheppard is known for his recurring roles as the demon/King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural, lawyer Romo Lampkin on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Interpol investigator James Sterling on Leverage, and small-time crime lord Badger on Joss Whedon's Firefly...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth30 May 1964
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I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.
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When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.
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I can go to a movie theater and watch a movie I was in with an audience... but with television, the opportunity to meet the fans at Comic Con or any other situation, it's a chance to enter that circle; it's that sharing.
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With sci-fi you get these kind of stories in historical drama, and it's just so fabulous.
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It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything.
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It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability.
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When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting.
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The idea of future or past, either way, is a core part of entertainment. It's something we've always loved as humans. Its part of our psyche, I think.
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The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation.
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The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.
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We are all riding on the same bus.
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Tell me something I can dance to.
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The lessons we learn, we must learn again and again.
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Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential.