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" I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships. "

David Schwimmer

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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 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 had a mustache when I was 13. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I was a geek in high school. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm very goal oriented. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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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've always been pretty energetic. "

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

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" 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. "

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