Balthazar Getty Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

At a young age, my dad was out of my life and it was just me, my mom and my sister.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.

I had a very modest upbringing.

I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.

Life started getting good when I started making money.

Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two.

My mom had one of the first video cameras ever made, and I remember making short films on that when I was 5 years old.

My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.

My parents were hippies.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.

The big things I've had are things I bought myself.

When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.

Trivia

Balthazar was playing the role of Andreas Symes in the Sci-Fi Channel's movie Habitat (1997).

Getty starred as David Wheeler on the TNT miniseries Into the West in 2005.

Ghettys wife is a childhood friend of Patricia Arquette, who introduced the couple.

Balthazar's aunt, Aileen, is suffering from the HIV virus

Balthazar's father, Paul III, got his ear cut off when he was kidnapped in 1973.

He is left handed.

"BZAR" is tattooed on the fingers of his right hand

Balthazar is not only an actor, but also a recording artist. He's a member of the duo Ringside.

Balthazar starred in the movie Lord Of The Flies (1990) as one of the main caracters.