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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. "
David Schwimmer
Young
Age
Older
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I've always been pretty energetic. "
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Energetic
Pretty
" I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. "
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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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" 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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" I had a mustache when I was 13. "
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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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Me
Change
" I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships. "
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" I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm. "
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Anywhere
" 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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Advice
Experience
" I'm always looking for a good role. "
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Always
Role
Looking
" To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. "
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Duty
" 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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See
" London is completely unpredictable when it comes to weather. You'll start a scene, and it's a beautiful morning. You get there at 6 in the morning, set up, you start the scene, start shooting. Three hours later, it is pitch black and rainy. "
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Black
Morning
You
" 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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Myself
New Things
Growing
" 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. "
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Good
Feel Good
" 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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Seeing
Performance
Play
" 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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Home
She
Reality
" 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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Director
Challenge
Nice
" The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down. "
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Open
Down
Celebrity
" 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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Day
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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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Doing
" 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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Choice
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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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Story
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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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" And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything. "
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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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Doing
Theatre