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For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

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Walton Goggins
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Actor
Explorer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Photographer
Television Actor
Birmingham
Alabama
Walton Sanders Goggins
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Vulnerable
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You can go to a history class with one teacher and want to stick a pencil in your throat, and then go to another teacher who is able to contextualize it or deliver the message in a way that you're riveted.
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I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
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Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.
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I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.
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I hate to use this as a metaphor, but making movies is kind of like going to war. It's not - but the stamina required and what it takes to tell a story that is this big in scope, you need a general that will bring out the best in you.
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Sadly, in this country - maybe this is in the history of the world, really - it's the urban experience versus the bucolic experience. And it is different, but therein lies the slow progression of democracy. We are a melting pot.
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I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.
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No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.
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I've had a great career. I've had a great life. I am truly blessed by my working experiences.
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