Judd Hirsch Quotes

United States, Actor
March 15, 1935

Judd Seymore Hirsch is an American actor known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series NUMB3RS (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), and A Beautiful Mind (2001).

If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, 'What if that didn't bother me?' 'What if I knew exactly what he was talking about?' 'What if I didn't get excited?'

Judd Hirsch
- Different
- Character
- Say
If I'm not moved by what happens at the end of this play, then I've completely failed, and so has the play, and so has our production. And if that's the case then there really isn't any reason to want to do it.

Judd Hirsch
- Want
- Play
- Failed

I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.

Judd Hirsch
- Mind
- Make
- Director
When you get a chance to work with Aaron Sorkin, you don't say no. You drop everything you're doing.

Judd Hirsch
- Work
- Chance
- Doing
Some stage directions you just simply have to throw away.

Judd Hirsch
People come along and impose their own stuff on plays, and it shows.

Judd Hirsch
- Stuff
- Shows
- Impose