David Johansen

Music is my love and to me acting is more mercenary. I don't pound the pavements for roles: if it happens, it happens. I hate that auditioning thing.

Sometimes when I hear my voice on tape, I'm like, 'Who is that horrible man?'

My father was a Norwegian tenor and my mother a New York Irish librarian.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I don't really have time to watch too much, but I like 'Family Guy' and 'Entourage.' I'm also obsessed with the YouTube series 'Balls of Steel.' It's hilarious.