David Schwimmer Quotes
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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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A lot of a movie is locations, frankly.
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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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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 don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.
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I was a geek in high school.
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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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It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.
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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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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'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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Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway.
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I had a mustache when I was 13.
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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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'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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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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And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.
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I'm always looking for a good role.
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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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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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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.
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I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships.
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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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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.