Quotes by Michael Moriarty

About Michael Moriarty:

Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian stage and screen actor and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for the first four seasons in the TV series Law & Order.
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I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. It's unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium we've got right now.

Michael Moriarty

I was born first to music. But I went into acting because my father knew so much about music he intimidated me. So, I picked an art form, he knew nothing about. So I could be my own man.

Michael Moriarty

Life is best when you are in love.

Michael Moriarty

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Michael Moriarty

As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job.

Michael Moriarty

The attorney general should be enforcing the law, not policy.

Michael Moriarty

I'm the American Winston Churchill.

Michael Moriarty

Obama's IRS is not the IRS I've ever known for over seventy years as an American citizen.

Michael Moriarty

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

Michael Moriarty

The New World Order run by the United Nations ain't gonna happen. Because they've shown their hand, and at least some corner of Congress and the American people are awake to it: they've blown it all.

Michael Moriarty

If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination.

Michael Moriarty

Violent drama has been a hallmark of every great civilization. It is not the cause of the disease - it is an immunizing factor. People go to the theater to experience emotions like fear and loathing. Violent drama shows us where we come from. It make...

Michael Moriarty

I consider myself a kind of a one-man government-in-exile. I don't want to call it a government - let's call it one man's idea of American freedom in exile.

Michael Moriarty

I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.

Michael Moriarty

Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

Michael Moriarty

I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

Michael Moriarty

The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do more damage than any Republican assault by Newt Gingrich.

Michael Moriarty

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Michael Moriarty

Never lose your faith in the American Dream. She's a nation under God, and God has never let a good American down.

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I've had the most wonderful life.

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Author Bio

  • NameMichael Moriarty
  • DescriptionAmerican-Canadian actor and musician
  • BornApril 5, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Canada
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Screenwriter; Author; Blogger; Jazz Musician