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Henry Rollins

Most Recent Role: Himself on Californication
Alias Name(s): Henry Garfield, Henry Lawrence Garfield
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Birthday: 2-13-1961
Birth Name: Henry Garfield
In the '90s, Henry Rollins emerged as a post-punk renaissance man, without the self-conscious trappings that plagued such '80s artists as David Byrne. Since Black Flag's breakup in 1986, Rollins has been relentlessly busy, recording albums with the Rollins Band, writing books and poetry, performing spoken-word tours, writing a magazine column in Details, acting in several movies, and appearing...
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Californication
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Monday 10 September 2007 on Showtime

Bill asks Hank to step in as a guest speaker at Mia's creative writing class. Hank talks about his writing and motivations on a radio interview. Becca develops a crush on her guitar teacher Dave, but he ends up with Mia.

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Rollins was prescribed Ritalin as a child and was sent to the The Bullis School, a Washington, D.C. military boys only school. The boys only school impeded his early attempts at dating and made him uncomfortable around women for several years. (edit)
Rollins parents divorced when he was young, and he was raised primarily by his mother, Iris, who taught him to read before he entered school and who he credits with instilling his lifelong love of reading. (edit)
Henry Rollins birth name is Henry Garfield and he adopted the stage surname of Rollins after Sonny Rollins, the jazz saxophonist. (edit)
Rollins started working out when a friend of his was jumped and beaten. (edit)
Musical artists Rollins admires least: Depeche Mode, Bruce Springsteen and U2 (which he says has the worst rhythm section he's ever heard. (edit)
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Rollins: Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. (edit)
Rollins: I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride. (edit)
Rollins: When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive.

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Rollins: And he busts all the French he knows. Entrepreneurs. Courageous...Space...Entrepreneurs. Presumably, these astronauts are actually men who buy and sell quantities of the heavens. (edit)
Rollins: When life hands you a lemon, say "Oh yeah, I like lemons. What else you got?" (edit)
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darquesyde
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10.0
Perfect
"Trendsetter"
Best when he's being himself.
Continue » Posted Sep 29, 2006 12:13 pm PST

optophobic
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10.0
Perfect
"One of the all-time greats"
The Voice of Reason (sometimes)
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