Michael Parks Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "Sometimes you work with some people and you develop a shorthand between the director and the actor․ You don't need to have long dissertations on acting or the scene r the character․ It's very quick․ I can't explain it, except it's there․"
• Quote: "They do themselves well, those movie stars․ They're cool․ It's easy for them․ It's more difficult because if you're going to do somebody else, you really have to put your thinking hat on a lot more․"
• Played Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in several Quentin Tarantino films, including "Kill Bill" and "From Dusk Till Dawn․"
• Known for his work with filmmakers Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
• Met Quentin Tarantino before he ever directed a film
• Wishes he had bought an antique sign he once saw for sale that was 20 feet long and three feet tall and read "When your barn is full of rice, you get rats; when it's empty, you get actors․"
• Writes scripts in his free time, and said that he wouldn't mind directing if given the chance