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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. "
David Schwimmer
Go
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Going
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" 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. "
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" To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. "
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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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" I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I've always been pretty energetic. "
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" If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is. "
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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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" Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range. "
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Age
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" I was a geek in high school. "
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" I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships. "
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" And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything. "
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" 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. "
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" Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway. "
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" With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!' "
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" Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? "
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" 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. "
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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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