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Shall I turn up the light for you? No, give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light.

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Michael Ironside

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

1974, Actor, Actors, Gig, Gigs, Unions
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I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.

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

Enamored, People, Take, Take Me, Wonder

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

Giving, People, Things, Years

One of the young production assistants (on 'Terminator: Salvation') stepped over to my chair and said, 'Mr. Ironside, are you any relation to the Ironside who was in 'Top Gun'?' And I said, 'I am, yes. ' And she grinned and said, 'I knew it! Talent must run in your family!' And she walked away. And all of the producers and directors kind of looked at me uncertainly, and I said, 'What are you guys so uncomfortable for? That's an incredible compliment. I do look like the father of that guy, for Christ's sake!'

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I'm never going to be the lead actor guy. I'm real quiet and real happy and real fortunate to keep working. It's what I do. It's like the circus. I ran away and joined it a long time ago.

Circus, Guy, Keep, Long, Real, Time
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