Walton Goggins
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I mean, you know, we dug coal is a metaphor for so many things in our lives, right? Yeah. But yeah, there were people that I grew up with that died or friends that just went a different way. I don't think that that was ever, ever going to happen for me. I don't think I had a choice.
Well, you know, I really and I genuinely mean this. I've said this so many times, but I don't believe in playing a character. I don't believe in making choices. I don't sit in a room and go, oh, is it is Baby Bella right here? What is he? Oh, he's a baby Billy here. Like, where is he? How does he walk? I don't really think about those things.
Well, you know, I really and I genuinely mean this. I've said this so many times, but I don't believe in playing a character. I don't believe in making choices. I don't sit in a room and go, oh, is it is Baby Bella right here? What is he? Oh, he's a baby Billy here. Like, where is he? How does he walk? I don't really think about those things.
Well, you know, I really and I genuinely mean this. I've said this so many times, but I don't believe in playing a character. I don't believe in making choices. I don't sit in a room and go, oh, is it is Baby Bella right here? What is he? Oh, he's a baby Billy here. Like, where is he? How does he walk? I don't really think about those things.
I don't stand in front of a mirror and go, well, wouldn't it be interesting? Like from a cerebral kind of analytical point of view, you just put on the costume and put on the clothes and then you're just that person. I just spent so much time in my imagination, imagining these people are real.
I don't stand in front of a mirror and go, well, wouldn't it be interesting? Like from a cerebral kind of analytical point of view, you just put on the costume and put on the clothes and then you're just that person. I just spent so much time in my imagination, imagining these people are real.
I don't stand in front of a mirror and go, well, wouldn't it be interesting? Like from a cerebral kind of analytical point of view, you just put on the costume and put on the clothes and then you're just that person. I just spent so much time in my imagination, imagining these people are real.
Absolutely. So, okay, my father, there's an... A bit of the belly of your dad. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, just kind of like a big flamboyant personality that can just fill up a room. And my father's an amazing guy and a really entertaining guy. He was a tough guy for a long time when I was growing up, but... he's a very, very, very interesting person. I'm Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.
Absolutely. So, okay, my father, there's an... A bit of the belly of your dad. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, just kind of like a big flamboyant personality that can just fill up a room. And my father's an amazing guy and a really entertaining guy. He was a tough guy for a long time when I was growing up, but... he's a very, very, very interesting person. I'm Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.
Absolutely. So, okay, my father, there's an... A bit of the belly of your dad. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, just kind of like a big flamboyant personality that can just fill up a room. And my father's an amazing guy and a really entertaining guy. He was a tough guy for a long time when I was growing up, but... he's a very, very, very interesting person. I'm Walton Sanders Goggins Jr.
and my half-brother is Walton Sanders Goggins III. My father is probably by definition a clinical narcissist, but he's also, he's a good man. My father has a really good heart. And like all of us, And he just did the best he could, you know, with his trauma. And I do have a lot of forgiveness in my heart and not even forgiveness, just understanding at this point.
and my half-brother is Walton Sanders Goggins III. My father is probably by definition a clinical narcissist, but he's also, he's a good man. My father has a really good heart. And like all of us, And he just did the best he could, you know, with his trauma. And I do have a lot of forgiveness in my heart and not even forgiveness, just understanding at this point.
and my half-brother is Walton Sanders Goggins III. My father is probably by definition a clinical narcissist, but he's also, he's a good man. My father has a really good heart. And like all of us, And he just did the best he could, you know, with his trauma. And I do have a lot of forgiveness in my heart and not even forgiveness, just understanding at this point.
Well, you know, I can tell you that my own relationship with my own father, I was very angry at my own father.
Well, you know, I can tell you that my own relationship with my own father, I was very angry at my own father.
Well, you know, I can tell you that my own relationship with my own father, I was very angry at my own father.
That I had to move through. And it wasn't all gone, you know, like a miracle in that moment. But it did open the door and it did allow me to begin that process. And it did speed it up because I wanted to have that forgiveness. And Rick...
That I had to move through. And it wasn't all gone, you know, like a miracle in that moment. But it did open the door and it did allow me to begin that process. And it did speed it up because I wanted to have that forgiveness. And Rick...
That I had to move through. And it wasn't all gone, you know, like a miracle in that moment. But it did open the door and it did allow me to begin that process. And it did speed it up because I wanted to have that forgiveness. And Rick...
For the first time in his life, two weeks before this show started, he is someone who is in a moment of doing inventory in his whole life, in a sober moment, looks around and says, how did I get here? Why am I here? Why am I living this life? And there in his mind is one person that is responsible for that, that permanently altered the course of his life in a very negative way.