Stephen Root Quotes
My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.
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I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you.
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Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
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I love crying at romantic movies like 'The Notebook.' I'm always bawling.
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Television was essentially my college.
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I don't know that I appreciate things more because of how I grew up, but I am very realistic with what I expect out of people and what they expect out of me.
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I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I am a madman of details.
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Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.
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I am always personalizing tees to fit my personality, cutting off rocker shirts, debunking the mold of what traditional 'work wear' means, and always wearing my cause.
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Properly speaking, all true work is religion.
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My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.
