As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people. David Schwimmer More Quotes by David Schwimmer More Quotes From David Schwimmer I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing. David Schwimmer growingchallengestrying I had a mustache when I was 13. David Schwimmer mustache If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it. David Schwimmer ifswantthinking It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60. David Schwimmer knownimportant When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. David Schwimmer runningzoosyears You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team. David Schwimmer teampersonsteamwork Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it. David Schwimmer karmabenefitsfeel-good There are days when I think: what if I just checked out? What if I grew a beard and went off to live somewhere remote? I have often wondered about the freedom that would bring. David Schwimmer beardwhat-ifthinking Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception. David Schwimmer perceptioncharacterthinking At this age - I'm 44 - I think life's too short. I want it to mean something to me, if I'm going to spend that much time doing it. David Schwimmer agemeanthinking I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy. David Schwimmer privacylossthinking I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. David Schwimmer analyzingliving-my-lifehalf And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years. David Schwimmer sixshowsyears Directing takes a lot longer than acting. This was about seven years in development, and then two and a half years with pre-production, production, post and now the release. Not that I have people banging on my door to star in movies, but it takes me out of the acting game for a longer chunk of time. David Schwimmer starsdoorsyears I think a huge amount of it is because of the Internet. Every single thing in the world is accessible with a few clicks. Almost every child, by the age of 13, has seen pornography. That's clearly different. It used to be really hard or really humiliating, as a 13-year-old, to access pornography. If you wanted to take a look at a Playboy, it was really challenging. Today, it's a joke. David Schwimmer childrenyearsthinking I think the other honest attraction was that I just grew up loving watching TV and loving watching film, and there's so many directors and actors that I dreamed of working with, I just really wanted to take a crack at it and see if I could ever work with some of those. David Schwimmer watching-tvdirectorsthinking I try to educate myself as much as possible, as I do with the director and the designers and everyone I used to work with. It just helps, I think, with the frame of reference for who you're working with. David Schwimmer helpingtryingthinking If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy. David Schwimmer sickdarktwo And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything. David Schwimmer being-successfulsuccessfulfirsts Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? David Schwimmer carguymirrors
