Liev Schreiber Quotes
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I've got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.
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I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't.
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You should never ask actors about politics.
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If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over.
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No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you're in a place like New York or D.C., you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it's pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto.
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That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.
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Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.
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I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.
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You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.
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Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.
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The guy who kind of broke the story in 'Spotlight' was a priest, the guy who had sort of done all the research. One of the things he said when one of the 'Spotlight' reporters asked him how he could still remain a Catholic, he said that, 'My faith is in the eternal, and the church is an organization.'
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Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
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I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors.
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The best gig is the one you've got.
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I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still don't. My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater.
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Home is New York.
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You hear different things from different people, and they're all valid: they're all valuable. I think that's what comprises a performance is all those ideas.
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I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish.
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I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.
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I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other.
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I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.
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I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.