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Birthday: 25 February 1973, White Bluff, Tennessee, USA
Birth Name: Anson Adams Mount IV
Height: 183 cm
Anson is an American actor, born in Mount Prospect, IL and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother is Nancy Smith, a former professional golfer. His father Anson Adams Mount II was one of the or ...Show More 6h1z6m
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear. I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
I love getting paid to ride a horse. I love getting paid to ride a horse.
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long per Show more I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time. Hide
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an exper Show more I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert. Hide
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible. I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody e Show more I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else. Hide
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his m Show more I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot. Hide
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us. I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggra Show more It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized. Hide
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church! I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've Show more In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood. Hide
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm Show more I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up. Hide
I'm a goofball. I'm a goofball.
I like being able to be a man. I like being able to be a man.
About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 Show more About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it. Hide
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions. I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate. I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil W Show more I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War. Hide
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success. Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well. For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people. I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
You don't need to like your protagonists. You don't need to like your protagonists.
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork. I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television. The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character. Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
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