Bruce Greenwood Professions : Actor Born : August 12, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 18 quotes by Bruce Greenwood With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from. Bruce Greenwood environment drama promise I think on some level, that's a fear that exists in everybody, that if we're tested, we won't make the courageous choice. We won't make the decision that would make us heroic. We make the decision that would reveal us to be all too human. Bruce Greenwood choices decision thinking I'm just a husband waltzing in the background. Bruce Greenwood backgrounds husband Garry Shandling was an actor's actor. He really cares about the performance. It was really interesting to watch him talk about motives and motivation and stuff. He really knows the craft. Bruce Greenwood care motivation interesting It's just like any relationship, the more contained the environment, the more the good stuff appears and the more the bad stuff will reveal itself. Bruce Greenwood environmental bad-relationship stuff Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want. Bruce Greenwood want happens animal You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie. Bruce Greenwood creepy scary littles We improv-ed scenes that didn't happen in the movie. We improv-ed the scenes that are written in the movie without the dialogue as written. We played around a lot to try and figure out just how we could flow with what was already written in the story and how we could highlight those imbalances and those points at which we came to loggerheads. Bruce Greenwood imbalance stories trying If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for it to be as compelling and as creepy as it can be. Bruce Greenwood imagination missing-you opportunity Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years. Bruce Greenwood couple fun years I do a lot of serious stuff, but I'm not a very serious guy. Bruce Greenwood guy serious stuff If you want to pontificate, I'm certainly willing to pontificate. That's why Joely was laughing because you don't know what you asked for. Malcolm Gladwell, in his newest book "David and Goliath," writes about how sometimes things that we think of as handicaps often times are just the opposite. Or the reverse is also true. Bruce Greenwood writing book thinking Things we think of as tremendous advantages can get in the way of being happy, and wealth is one of those things where people can become isolated within this luxury and not connect. Bruce Greenwood luxury people thinking I think love courses through all of us, and we can express it to one person all the time, or we can express it to everybody in our world, in our immediate world, in our extended family and all that and to strangers. I think as a concept. I don't mean you and me later. Bruce Greenwood our-world mean thinking The concept of endless love is something that we can exercise in all kinds of ways. Bruce Greenwood exercise love-is way When they discover I have a green card there may be some problems. Bruce Greenwood discover problems some green Did I get jiggy with Will? I would have to say no! Did I have fun with Will? I would have to say yeah! But you know, I did not jig with the man, if you know what I'm saying! Bruce Greenwood have-fun you man fun I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. You know, I just kind of read the writing on the wall. Bruce Greenwood feeling you time thinking Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
