Quotes by Michael Ironside

About Michael Ironside:

Michael Ironside is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between filming scenes.
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When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.

Michael Ironside

People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me.

Michael Ironside

I basically was a precocious little kid.

Michael Ironside

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

Michael Ironside

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

Michael Ironside

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

Michael Ironside

If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer.

Michael Ironside

I want to make smart television.

Michael Ironside

I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things.

Michael Ironside

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

Michael Ironside

People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

Michael Ironside

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Ironside
  • Descriptionactor, Producer, Screenwriter, director, Editor, Playwright
  • BornFebruary 12, 1950
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Voice Actor