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All Quotes by author - Liev Schreiber

" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "

" A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. "

" And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. "

" And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?' "

" As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. "

" Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. "

" During 'Manchurian Candidate' - that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it. "

" Entitlement is lethal. "

" Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first. "

" Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. "

" Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles. "

" Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore. "

" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "

" Home is New York. "

" I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great. "

" I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost. "

" I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. "

" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "

" I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses. "

" If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. "

" I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing. "

" I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. "

" If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. "

" If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. "

" I get panic attacks in big crowds. "

" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "

" I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York. "

" I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career. "

" I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys. "

" I have the kind of face that people want to punch. "

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