Clark Gregg Quotes

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

My uncle's a lawyer and I remember going to see him in court and thinking, 'That's cool, too bad I could never be a lawyer.'

I don't know what it is about me that gets cast in specific roles. Some people would say, 'You're just a pretty face,' but on 'Battlestar,' I'm not looking pretty every day. I'm pretty banged up.

I really enjoyed playing Freddie Cork. People are always scared to approach me because of the character I played in 'Brotherhood.' The writing was very smart.

I'm sure I took some licks at the system, and at trials and lawyers in general. I've seen enough of them for so many years both as a cop and a defendant in defamation cases.

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

Part of the reason why so many actors lose the plot when they go over to America is that they become part of an industry, so that's why they don't want to play weak, bad or vulnerable guys - because that's not sellable; that diminishes their profit margin.

More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!

Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.

I always play these bad guys, and I'm really a nice guy.

When I wanted to be an attorney, I think I wanted to be a litigator; I wanted to be in a courtroom.

It's always been my dream to be an attorney, and I'm that weird breed of human being that loves being in a courtroom.

It's totally different playing a lawyer and a detective.

I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks.

Everyone thinks I am exactly like the characters I play.

While there was clear evidence that the dad was innocent in 'Miracle,' in 'Heart Blackened,' I was in a situation of 'having to' prove somebody's innocence. So when I stood trial as Hee-jung, things felt awkward and unfamiliar for me.

I can write dramas that are about inside and outside the courtroom.

A lot of times I play a fat woman with cats who has no boyfriends. And in real life, I'm allergic to cats and I've had a boyfriend since college.

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.

I tend to land roles that are somewhat villainous for some reason. Usually, people blame it on the accent.

Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.

In Bergman's world I represented a sort of intellectual, skeptical, ironic person, rather cold and frustrated. When I went abroad and made films in Italy and other places, I was used in different ways. I was rather often cast as crazy people, maniacs. It was very good for me and it was fun because it is nice to play crazy people if you are not in reality. And I think perhaps that changed how Ingmar saw me. Suddenly I was on the more magical side of his world, playing the people with fantasies, variety, the artists.

I think being called a she-devil by a trial lawyer is meant as a compliment.

Once you don't smile on film, they say, 'Let's have that bloke who doesn't smile.'

This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody thinks that it's a good fit, so you make it a better fit.