Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. "Ron" Perlmanis an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles as Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast, as the comic book character Hellboy in both 2004's Hellboy and its 2008 sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and as Clay Morrow in television series Sons of Anarchy. His most recent work was as the character "Rust" from Overkill Software's video game PAYDAY 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 April 1950
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I couldn't make it on the swimming team in high school. In fact, I got thrown off the swimming team and was forced to audition for the school play because they had at the audition about 35 girls show up and no boys, so my swimming coach suggested that I might be able to do the drama department more good than I was doing the swimming team.
You back a big cat into a corner and somebody is going to get bloody.
It's really disgusting what Hollywood can do to a guy.
I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city.
Somebody who doesn't care if they live or die is the most dangerous human being on earth.
I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.
If something strikes me as insane and unjust, I cannot tolerate that.
I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.
Some of the great characters that I've played had to be transformational.
In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of.
I don't think anything is ever going to replace the human heart and what that generates in terms of performance.
I feel as though my criteria are based more on how challenging the role is, it doesn't have to fit into any particular profile, is it something that I've never done before, and is it something that I feel like I can really feel challenged and therefore fully engaged in, and that's when the work gets to be the most fun.
I'm not a social rider. Strictly professional.
The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.