Harry Dean Stanton Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Brando was one of the most multifaceted personalities I've ever seen in my life. He'd call me at 3 in the morning. We'd talk for two hours.

But I'm not imaginative. I couldn't look into the future, like Star Wars or Robots or anything like that.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

I have a good ear for languages.

I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

I know little stories that happen to people around me, and I can repeat that in a way that has some color.

I like to stay home and watch television. The Game Show channel, mostly.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

I really liked the Mariachi singing in Westerns.

I recorded a song for the film Paris, Texas, which is on the soundtrack. Eric Clapton liked it. I met him once.

I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time.

I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.

I was working with professional actors.

I'm not really into religion.

I've been working a lot. When you get a break, you like to do nothing and then rest.

I've never been ambitious about recording.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.

Years ago, when I was doing Billy the Kid, I had the chance to sing with Dylan, Baez, and Kristofferson, just casual meetings.

You want people to feel something when you tell a story,whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.

You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.

Trivia

In 1986 Harry played Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty in Pink .

Harry played a Police Officer in the movie Up in Smoke but they deleted the scenes so you do not see him in the movie.

Harry was the Land Watcher in the movie A Civil Action .

Harry was in the movie The Bear and he was Coach Thomas.

He played the role of Travis in the Movie Paris, Texas .

He was in the movie Fire Down Below .

Harry was in the Godfather Part 2 .

He frequently plays in and around Los Angeles, often at a spot called Jack's Sugar Shack, and his audiences continuously include other musicians and singers, among them Chaka Khan, Ringo Starr, and Bono.

After his discharge from the Navy he went to the University of Kentucky, where he became a drama student.

Lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944.

He fronts a band called The Harry Dean Stanton Band which regularly performs in the Los Angeles area. He sings and plays guitar. The band plays a mix of jazz, pop, and tex-mex styles. The band often plays in Hollywood at 'Jack's Sugar Shack'.

Was Best Man at the wedding of Jack Nicholson and Sandra Knight. After their divorce, Nicholson lived for a time with Stanton.