Meat Loaf

Birthday: 27 September 1947, Dallas, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Marvin Lee Aday

Height: 183 cm

Meat Loaf was born in Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands and appear in musicals such as "Hair" and "As You Like It". He made his film debut with a memorable role in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In 1977, he and lyricist Jim Steinman released an operatic rock album called "Bat Out Of Hell", the record was huge and has sold 35,000,000 copies worldwide. However, the tour promoting the album took a toll on Meat's voice and left him unable to sing on the follow-up record "Bad For Good". Meat Loaf stayed in the dark through the eighties doing 4 records which never got any airplay or chart position in the US. Meat Loaf appeared in films Out of Bounds (1986) as a Pilot, and The Squeeze (1987) with Michael Keaton. But after getting back together with Steinman, they delivered a powerful sequel "Bat Out Of Hell II" which went to #1 in the US and UK. Bat II has now sold an excess of 20,000,000 copies. His TV credits include the Soldier being held prisoner in Vietnam in Lightning Force (1991), a mad Doctor who invents a serum to keep zombies from deteriorating in Monsters (1988) and a slick Landlord of a restaurant who ends up on the menu in HBO series Tales from the Crypt (1989). Meat Loaf has also appeared in Crazy in Alabama (1999) and Fight Club (1999). Show less «

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.

Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, ...Show more »

Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet. Show less «

I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned...Show more »

I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there. Show less «

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

Rock and roll is about getting free beer and getting laid.

It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I don't think o...Show more »

It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I don't think of myself in those terms. If you have to call me anything, call me a chameleon. Show less «

There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they lit...Show more »

There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over the head with a hammer. U2 sometimes can hit you over the head with a rubber hammer. Show less «

The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery!

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be...Show more »

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast. Show less «

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used ...Show more »

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place. Show less «

My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one si...Show more »

My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one single day. Show less «

My gigs are built on improvisation: I go out there and I'm like the Energizer bunny.

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatev...Show more »

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatever then they get all distracted, but I pretty much lock in. You can't distract me too much. Show less «

'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with th...Show more »

'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion of the world. Show less «

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real high...Show more »

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting. Show less «

In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on suing me and I lost ever...Show more »

In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on suing me and I lost everything. So I had to go out on tour to make sure the electricity stayed on. Show less «

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who wou...Show more »

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four. Show less «

As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someon...Show more »

As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror. Show less «

[asked in 2003 interview whether he was born in 1947 or 1951] 1951. I have it on my passport and dri...Show more »

[asked in 2003 interview whether he was born in 1947 or 1951] 1951. I have it on my passport and driving license. [I said 1947 in my autobiography] because I just wanted to maintain a constant lie. I was born in 1951 but see what a great thing it is, because everybody asks me? And I can keep it up--I can tell you I was born in 1952. Names and ages piss me off. So I just continually lie. Show less «