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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. "

David Schwimmer

Rise

Story

Chicago

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Really

Important

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

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

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

" Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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 was a geek in high school. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm always looking for a good role. "

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

" And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years. "

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

David Schwimmer

Yourself

Think

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" 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. "

" 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

People

" '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 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. "

" 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. "