I was always a visual person. I could see things visually. I had a harder time with numbers and logic, and I always had more of an artistic sensibility. So that I could do. And it was something that I really loved. – Bruce Davison
I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate. – Bruce Davison
That’s always something that’s really important for an actor – to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone. – Bruce Davison
Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That’s one of the reasons I guess I became an actor – because you get to create a persona that’s bigger or better or more interesting than your own. – Bruce Davison
Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it’s been the part. – Bruce Davison
It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too – to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS. – Bruce Davison
I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way. – Bruce Davison
I hate to date myself, but my earliest memories are Flash Gordon. I would love playing Flash Gordon in the neighborhood. – Bruce Davison
A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening. – Bruce Davison
I’m over there filming in South Africa now, and two in five are HIV-positive now. Not many people know that. – Bruce Davison