Apparently, on the screen, I look tall, dark, and close to omniscient, issuing jeopardy-laden warnings through gritted teeth. And then they look at me [in person] and say, “Why, God, this kid is five-foot-five, he’s got a broken nose, and looks about as foreboding as a bank teller on a lunch break.”

Rod Serling (1924-1975) American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, narrator

Quoted in Anne Serling, As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling (2013)
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