Ryan Hurst (I)

Ryan Hurst: (on how he picks his projects) To be completely honest, I don't think it has changed much. I originally turned down Remember the Titans two, maybe three times before taking it because I was completely convinced the script wasn't going to be turned into another Might Ducks. They told me that Boaz Yakin was going to direct it, and he had done one of my favorite movies – Fresh – so I said yes right away. A lot of my choices for features are based on who is directing and I've been fortunate enough to work with a lot of fantastic directors.

Ryan Hurst: (on receiving feed back from fans) When someone comes up to you and expresses how moved or touched they were by your performance it's really great. It means that you're doing your job. I don't have any problem from Remember The Titans or anything else. It's a good reinforcement that you are achieving your goal of bringing life and light to these roles. I am real, real picky with what I decided to do. I want to make sure it's new and at the same time that it's in the same color of what I have played before. Not to pigeon hole myself but I don't like to do fluff.

Ryan Hurst: (on his tattoo's in the TV show Sons of Anarchy) No, they're not. I have five or six of my own but they cover them up and then put the fake tattoos over them. All of Opie's tattoos I designed myself.