Liev Schreiber Quotes
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The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.
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I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me.
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I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.
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I went to school in Massachusetts at Hampshire College.
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We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.
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Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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I manage to hide in my movies.
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Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.
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You always have to create the character from the ground up.
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Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different.
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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
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The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
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I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.
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I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career.
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Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first.
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The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me.
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I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore.
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The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.
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My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true.
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There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.
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I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.
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My mother didn't let me see color films. I saw a lot of black-and-white films. The first time I saw Basil Rathbone, I was completely taken. To me, that was the epitome of great acting, was Basil Rathbone - not only in Sherlock Holmes, but the Sheriff of Nottingham, and all the terrible characters he had to play alongside Errol Flynn.