“There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in s...” — Michael Shannon Quote

“There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.'”

“Everything that happens on Wall Street only fortifies my opinion that there is in fact a more ludicrous industry than the entertainment industry.”

“I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.”

“Yeah, I love 'Boardwalk Empire.'”

“I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.”

“My girlfriend tells me if I'm doing a movie I'm a roller coaster of emotions all the time, but on 'Boardwalk,' because I've done it for so long and I'm so in tune with the character, she says I'm pretty happy most of the time.”