Alessandro Nivola Inspirational Quotes (31)

I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here.

With the movies, you do your preparation on your own. It's much more internalized and ... the actual performance is a kind of, just trying to capture one moment at a time, for the first time.

Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life .

There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.

There's something different about an indie film than a TV show that has a huge infrastructure that's in place already for you - at least financially and in terms of distribution. Whereas an indie film is just a total dare.

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.

Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.