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" 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
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy. "
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" '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. "
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" I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing. "
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" 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. "
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" I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm. "
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" You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team. "
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" If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it. "
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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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" And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years. "
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