Hugh Dillon Quotes

I have a repertoire of songs that I’m proud of, that I’ve written for my own band. When I do a cover, something that somebody else has written, I think about it very carefully before I sing that song. I have to really get behind it and understand it and like it. And that’s how I pick roles. I don’t want to play just anything.

– Hugh Dillon

I do like to do TV work when it’s firing on all cylinders.

– Hugh Dillon

I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didn’t like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others’ opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

– Hugh Dillon

I’m very, very lucky to be a working actor, but I’ve also been careful. I don’t just take anything. ‘Durham County’ came to me. You have to look at the quality of work you do, and ‘Durham’ set the standard. I wait for things that keep me really interested.

– Hugh Dillon

I am confident in who I am.

– Hugh Dillon

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don’t want to be.

– Hugh Dillon

Long ago, I was lucky enough to shoot ‘Flashpoint’ and ‘Durham County’ at the same time. It doesn’t happen often in an actor’s life that you get two great parts simultaneously.

– Hugh Dillon

Life’s too short. It’s got to be great.

– Hugh Dillon