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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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 had never watched a law show prior to being cast on The Practice.
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The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
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Don't ask God to change the laws of nature for you.
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I have a dark side; it's been pretty well documented. It wouldn't be bad to show that in some light in my work...It's something I no longer fear doing and am actually excited about doing.
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I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music.
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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.
