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" I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad. "
David Schwimmer
America
Interesting
Love
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" Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception. "
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Perception
Me
Change
" 'Friends', even though it was the longest single job I've had, still to me at the end of the day, when it was over it was a job. "
David Schwimmer
Me
Over
Job
" London is completely unpredictable when it comes to weather. You'll start a scene, and it's a beautiful morning. You get there at 6 in the morning, set up, you start the scene, start shooting. Three hours later, it is pitch black and rainy. "
David Schwimmer
Black
Morning
You
" I had a mustache when I was 13. "
David Schwimmer
Had
Mustache
" I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm. "
David Schwimmer
Recognized
Being
Anywhere
" To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. "
David Schwimmer
Way
Feel
Duty
" Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range. "
David Schwimmer
Young
Age
Older
" I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater. "
David Schwimmer
Waiting
Doing
Company
" My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going. "
David Schwimmer
Good
Parents
Keep Going
" A lot of a movie is locations, frankly. "
David Schwimmer
Locations
Frankly
Lot
" There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing. "
David Schwimmer
Seeing
Performance
Play
" When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. "
David Schwimmer
Zoo
Parents
Down
" You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film. "
David Schwimmer
Know
Watching
You
" I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. "
David Schwimmer
Life
Time
Just
" The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down. "
David Schwimmer
Open
Down
Celebrity
" I really believe that, as an actor, you should be constantly studying other people, and celebrity had the absolute opposite effect on me. It made me want to hide - to run away and hide. "
David Schwimmer
Believe
Me
People
" My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal. "
David Schwimmer
Life
Advice
Experience
" Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company. "
David Schwimmer
School
College
Theatre
" I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing. "
David Schwimmer
Myself
New Things
Growing
" I think the other honest attraction was that I just grew up loving watching TV and loving watching film, and there's so many directors and actors that I dreamed of working with, I just really wanted to take a crack at it and see if I could ever work with some of those. "
David Schwimmer
Think
Honest
Loving
" I love directing. It's something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years. "
David Schwimmer
Love
Doing
Theatre
" As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people. "
David Schwimmer
Training
Time
Job
" I've always been pretty energetic. "
David Schwimmer
Been
Energetic
Pretty
" I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive. "
David Schwimmer
Director
Challenge
Nice
" You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team. "
David Schwimmer
Your
Person
Good
" I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy. "
David Schwimmer
Loss
Privacy
Think
" And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years. "
David Schwimmer
Years
You
New
" Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway. "
David Schwimmer
Yourself
Think
Me
" When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new. "
David Schwimmer
New
Moments
Character