Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I want to forget what I've learned about the character, but the reality is that you can't, because you've absorbed it. It's there in that moment when you need it. The hard part is to trust it.
Liev Schreiber
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Liev Schreiber
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 4
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Isaac Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber
Character
Absorbed
Need
Trust
Hard
Learned
Needs
Forget
Moment
Moments
Reality
Part
More quotes by Liev Schreiber
I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.
Liev Schreiber
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.
Liev Schreiber
As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
Liev Schreiber
Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
Liev Schreiber
And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'
Liev Schreiber
I think it’s really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you’re going to do.
Liev Schreiber
I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
Liev Schreiber
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.
Liev Schreiber
Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
Liev Schreiber
I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
Liev Schreiber
Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused
Liev Schreiber
I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.
Liev Schreiber
Its the difference between instinct and intuition.
Liev Schreiber
If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
Liev Schreiber
I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.
Liev Schreiber
Flaws reveal a lot about a character and who people are. The flawed elements of a character are where I find their humanity. Those are the things I tend to identify with - the weaknesses. I don't know why, but I identify with struggle more than with success.
Liev Schreiber
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.
Liev Schreiber
I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.
Liev Schreiber
I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs.
Liev Schreiber
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.
Liev Schreiber
