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" 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. "

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Life

Advice

Experience

" 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. "

" There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.' "

" If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is. "

" I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm. "

" To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. "

" 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. "

" It's a job - someone's gotta kiss Jennifer Aniston. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine. "

" Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range. "

" Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway. "

David Schwimmer

Yourself

Think

" I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy. "

" I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable. "

David Schwimmer

You

Grow

" 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. "

" Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it. "

David Schwimmer

Good

Feel Good

" When you're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new. "

" I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. "

" It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60. "

David Schwimmer

Really

Important

" I've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and family, and I'm ready to maybe go back to school and change careers. "

" A lot of a movie is locations, frankly. "

" And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything. "

" The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down. "

" I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing. "

" '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

Over

Job

" I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America. "

" 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. "

" You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team. "

" I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad. "

" The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine. "

" If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy. "