Giancarlo Esposito quotes

Giancarlo Esposito is an American actor widely recognized for his powerful and versatile performances in film and television. Audiences know him best for his roles in acclaimed series such as "Breaking Bad" and "The Mandalorian." He continues to impress viewers with his compelling portrayals of complex characters. Here are 35 of his quotes:

I love the smell of fried chicken.

Giancarlo Esposito

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

Giancarlo Esposito

I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

Giancarlo Esposito

I always wanted to be a boy scout but was too poor. Couldn't do it.

Giancarlo Esposito

There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.

Giancarlo Esposito

Middle-class people are becoming desperate. It can cause a moral man to break bad.

Giancarlo Esposito

I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?'

Giancarlo Esposito

People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian father from Napoli and a mother from Alabama who was singing opera and went to Europe, met my dad, fell in love, and then moved back to Rome, where I was raised, between Rome and Hamburg.

Giancarlo Esposito

I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.

Giancarlo Esposito

I'm impatient sometimes.

Giancarlo Esposito

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

Giancarlo Esposito

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

Giancarlo Esposito

When I perform on stage, you have to remember my performance or buy another ticket to the party! In television and film, you can see it over and over again.

Giancarlo Esposito

I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.

Giancarlo Esposito

I can fish from a stick and a string.

Giancarlo Esposito

I had to work from a young age.

Giancarlo Esposito

I love to read, and I like the fact that there's some silence in my life.

Giancarlo Esposito

I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.

Giancarlo Esposito

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

Giancarlo Esposito

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

Giancarlo Esposito

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

Giancarlo Esposito

I feel that we have come a long way as American people, and we have to start looking at ourselves as human beings.

Giancarlo Esposito