Quotes by Liev Schreiber

“I really dont think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.”

“I didnt 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.”

“I manage to hide in my movies.”

“You should never ask actors about politics.”

“I was a writer. I just wasnt a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that Id be a better actor than I would a playwright.”

“If you fall in love with somebody youre working with, fine, but wait till your project is over.”

“Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. Theyre generally smarter and more interesting, but theyre often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.”

“You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.”

“My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.”

“It was really overwhelming to see the way that people responded - the kind of class and grace, and compassion and support, and resourcefulness that people showed. It was almost like rather than knocking us down, Sept. 11 kind of stepped us up. I was very impressed with that. It showed me that theres really nothing we cant handle.”

I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.

I was a writer. I just wasnt a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that Id be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still dont. My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater.

Youd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety.

Ive 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.

I manage to hide in my movies.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.