Frank Grillo

I think it just seems like something that somebody else does, like they raise actors somewhere in Ohio, and once in a while, people go and pick their actors and move to Hollywood. It seemed like such a distant idea. But then, as I started growing up, I'm like, 'Oh, this is an occupation.' ”

A lot of times, especially with TV, I would get these scripts, and I'm like, 'Oh, they want me to be the good-looking guy who's a little bit of a rascal.' It's just boring. ”

I find in L.A. that you ask people how they're doing, and the immediate answer is, 'Oh, I'm very busy,' as if busy is the goal. ”

Listen, 'The Purge' actually exists in some form or another in many places around the world when you think about it. ”

The things that make me saddest - when I got into my head - if anything were to happen to me, and my wife were to have to go to my kids and say 'Daddy's gone.' Worst thing I could imagine. ”

My parents got married when they were 16, and they never had any money. ”

I grew up with no money. No money. I always struggled and had the sense that there was this other class of people who went to college - this was when I was younger. ”

A tough guy, to me, stands for something, and he's not afraid to get a beating. ”

There was nobody telling me, 'You should be an artist,' or, 'You should be an actor.' ”

I'm not really enamored by movie stars. ”