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I don't consider myself an actor, for me it's employment. Like the actor who's a waiter a lot, I'm an actor when I'm not on tour, in that that's a job I can do.

Henry Rollins

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Henry Rollins
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 13
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I really enjoy the lattitude I have with being a private citizen. I can get a lot done. I am good with that.
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Human beings should not be reduced to a state to where they almost get into a fight over a small bar of soap.
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I take the work seriously, just not myself in it.
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I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like same thing in Iran.
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I'm a big Germs fan most people are.
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I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.
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Death metal uses a lot of white face paint and black hair dye to make its point. I quite enjoy this genre for its intensity, extremism and underlying irony: You have to be alive to play it and listen to it.
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The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth.
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We city dwellers, we residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, are for the most part urbanized to some extent. We know deadlines, start times and traffic.
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Having an identity is one thing. Being born into an identity is quite a different matter.
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Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.
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I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway.
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I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go.
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In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.
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I don't need to have my convictions confirmed by a show of numbers. However, being among people in front of a band leads me to believe that all is not lost, that humans, now and then, can communicate on a higher level than the political and the practical.
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I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.
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I used to love you I still do So Selfish I love the old you The you that didnt shoot drugs ...The you that didnt get beat on by men You laugh in my face and call me a fool But its true I still love you Sometimes,I can see the old you When your eyes flash When you almost look alive
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The opportunity to write for the 'L.A. Weekly' has been one of the better breaks that has come my way in a long time.
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I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played on all those dates. Why not? You do your set and then you get to see the Beasties play? Best deal in town.
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I used to sit on the roof of the apartment where Jim Morrison used to write his early lyrics
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