As an actor you want to explore something you haven't done. Jeremy Piven More Quotes by Jeremy Piven More Quotes From Jeremy Piven If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life. Jeremy Piven weakness kindness mistake What's this? You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy. Jeremy Piven shirts band guy I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside. Jeremy Piven radical want Sometimes in life, we have to continue to learn the same lesson until it sticks. Jeremy Piven lessons sticks sometimes If masturbation is a crime then I should be on death row. Jeremy Piven masturbation crime should Well, here's all you need to know. Classes, nothing before 11. Beer, its your best friend, you drink a lot of it. Women, you're a freshman, so its pretty much out of the question. Will you have a car? ... Someone on your hall will, find them and make friends with them on the first day. Jeremy Piven car beer class Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run. Jeremy Piven tough running long One of the great things going on right now is social media and you get a real sense, immediately, about what people are feeling and thinking. Jeremy Piven media real thinking People need to know you have to walk through that rejection, and it's only going to fuel you. If you can somehow look at it like it's a gift, you're just going to regroup, and work harder, and go deeper. So just embrace it. Jeremy Piven rejection hard-work people With me, growing up in a theater family and having them be so supportive, from the jump, and being a part of this theater community where the brass ring is working, wherever that is, and then to play a character where he's not really concerned with that and is really just concerned with the monetary aspect of the job, and then to be identified with someone who is the antithesis of your energy and where you come from, has been a very interesting and surreal ride. Jeremy Piven growing-up jobs character I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease. Jeremy Piven cities heart beautiful I come from a theater family and a theater background, and I come from a philosophy that you respect the space you occupy when you work and you put everything that you have into something. Jeremy Piven theater space philosophy You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that? Jeremy Piven want trying father When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be. Jeremy Piven worry stuff trying My goal, everyone's goal is to get better at what we do. Jeremy Piven get-better goal I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time. Jeremy Piven drama people thinking When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things. Jeremy Piven growing stage growing-up I'm just mystified and fascinated by women, and I'm still single. Hence all of that, and the fact that I celebrate them so much, I understand that I'm unevolved at this exact moment to share my life with one. I wouldn't inflict that upon anyone yet. But, I'm getting closer. Jeremy Piven single-life moments facts Everyone's journey is completely different. Jeremy Piven different journey When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art. Jeremy Piven leap-of-faith television art
