A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway. Michael Stuhlbarg More Quotes by Michael Stuhlbarg More Quotes From Michael Stuhlbarg I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back. Michael Stuhlbarg play goodbye kids I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain resonance that I carry. It's more of a spiritual resonance as opposed to particularly of Judaism. Michael Stuhlbarg asking-questions spiritual thinking I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more simple, and my on-camera work has become more energized or more spontaneous. Michael Stuhlbarg cameras simple thinking Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job. Michael Stuhlbarg film process jobs My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me. Michael Stuhlbarg dad mom thinking I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time. Michael Stuhlbarg sat kids rooms I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle. Michael Stuhlbarg battle struggle trying Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else. Michael Stuhlbarg new-york somewhere-else people I find that it's best to take one step at a time and cross each bridge as they come to you. Michael Stuhlbarg step best you time Someone who's asking questions of the clergy, that he doesn't have the answers to, I think that's a universal predicament. Michael Stuhlbarg questions someone think answers I find if you can look in the mirror and see something other than the face you see every day, it can free you up in terms of who you play. Wearing a mask can free you up. Michael Stuhlbarg mirror face day you I did a play back in 2005 called 'The Pillowman,' which Martin McDonagh directed, in which, at the very end of the run, I caught a case of shingles. I had something burst on my forehead, so I actually have a mark on my forehead from that experience. But it's also an internal mark as well. Michael Stuhlbarg end back experience play I'm glad to have work. Michael Stuhlbarg glad work I just feel like I am a really lucky guy who these talented directors have found places for me. I feel honored and blessed. Michael Stuhlbarg i-am feel me blessed Scorsese is a fan of improv and is always pushing actors to think up something that would make the scene more fun. He loves any idea that helps the scene be alive. Michael Stuhlbarg think always alive fun I'm not a math-head. Michael Stuhlbarg I'm just grateful for the opportunities that have come my way. Michael Stuhlbarg opportunities just grateful way When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me. Michael Stuhlbarg go me i-can journey When I heard I'd be working with Scorsese, I signed up immediately. Michael Stuhlbarg signed working up heard With each job that you're given an opportunity to do, you're asked to use new parts of yourself and to figure the play out with other tools that you perhaps didn't use with the last show. Michael Stuhlbarg yourself job you opportunity
