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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. "
David Schwimmer
Seeing
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Play
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I've always been pretty energetic. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" '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'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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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