After years playing iconic roles in genre film and TV, actor Robert Patrick says he would be willing to revisit some of those parts if he was asked -- what he says is a shift from his prior thinking but an adjustment to an increasingly franchise and reboot-driven box office.
During one of his interviews, Patrick was asked whether he would consider returning to some of his iconic roles, like the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day or John Doggett from The X-Files.
"Yeah. All of it," Patrick told ComicBook.com. "All of it, man. The industry's changing. You navigate the best you can, you try to get the best material you can. Your creative integrity is based solely on your financial integrity, you've got your life to lead, you've got a craft that you're trying to do, you're trying to improve and get better at, you're trying to get access to the best material, you're trying to put your kid through college. You've got all sorts of shit going on."
He acknowledged that over the years, his position on returning to some of his iconic roles may have softened, noting that if you asked him not long ago, the answer might have been different.
"I just love to work," Patrick said. "I'm my best human being when I'm working doing what I love to do, and that's acting. And so, I try to find the best parts I can do, and just keep my career moving. All of the stuff that I've done, if someone was to come back to me and say, 'Hey. You want to take another crack at it?' I would say, 'Sure. Let's go for it.' I don't think I've always felt that way, but now I do. So, there you go. I contradict [myself]."