Actors are as good as they allow themselves to be, and to portray life, you have to have as broad an experience of it as you possibly can, so everything's worth it. Liev Schreiber More Quotes by Liev Schreiber More Quotes From Liev Schreiber Its the difference between instinct and intuition. Liev Schreiber instinctintuitiondifferences As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. Liev Schreiber doing-youknows My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. Liev Schreiber politicspresidentthinking He was very supportive of me, ... He saw every single play I did in New York. Ill never forget looking out into the audience and watching my brother, who was 40 years younger than my grandfather, sleeping in his chair during some of my early plays. My grandfather Alex never fell asleep. Liev Schreiber brothernew-yorksleep I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy. Liev Schreiber legacydonethinking 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 playcharacterthinking 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 growthimportantthinking Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics. Liev Schreiber stylepersonalityexpression I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York. Liev Schreiber eastnew-yorksides There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet Liev Schreiber personatwo I'm not that interested in working with impervious people. Liev Schreiber imperviouspeople There's something cathartic about swearing 150 times after spending ten hours in the editing room. Liev Schreiber hourseditingrooms 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 strugglecharacterpeople I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. Liev Schreiber beautiful-womenbeautifulpeople And I think for me theres a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. Liev Schreiber neurosisshouldthinking Someone very smart once said to me, "Steal, don't borrow." So if there's anything good in anything anyone else does, it's fair game. I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy. Liev Schreiber smartgamesthinking A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. Liev Schreiber hollywoodlastsjobs I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. Liev Schreiber intentionmotivationacting Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. Liev Schreiber perspectiverememberpeople I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing. Liev Schreiber tough-girltoughgirl
