I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. Thomas Haden Church More Quotes by Thomas Haden Church More Quotes From Thomas Haden Church Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead. Thomas Haden Church sightdreamlying The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women. Thomas Haden Church marriedmightfacts And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen. Thomas Haden Church milestonehappenswanted I've never been married, and I've never been divorced. But I have had some very serious relationships. I was engaged twice. The way that those relationships ended, it was very very heartbreaking. Thomas Haden Church heartbreakingmarriedserious Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span. Thomas Haden Church collegemeanchildren When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it. Thomas Haden Church careersjobsyears But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. Thomas Haden Church achievementactorsmissing-you The Divorce isn't like the Da Vinci Code of TV shows. I'm not saying only a secret society is going to understand divorce. But it is a very specific show. And I don't know if you looked at a lot of the press. There's been some unpleasant reviews. And I'm not faulting those people but, they're really just not getting what we're trying to do. Which is to say, look. That may not be some people's taste. And that's fine. Thomas Haden Church divorcesecretpeople I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever. Thomas Haden Church cleverfunthinking I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides. Thomas Haden Church two-sidestrustbelieve But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there. Thomas Haden Church citizenstexastrying Nothing is set up like a comedy bit. I did sitcoms for 10 years. Literally from 1989 to 1999. That's almost all I did. Whenever I got away from television I was like, "Phew, thank God that's over. I am never going back." Thomas Haden Church sitcomcomedythank-god Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster. Thomas Haden Church frustrationdesigngarden I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible. Thomas Haden Church fake-peoplewinedrinking As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school. Thomas Haden Church voiceactorsschool Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming. Thomas Haden Church chancechallengesgiving I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet. Thomas Haden Church planetsknowingpersons I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references. Thomas Haden Church importanttwoyears I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago. Thomas Haden Church proudyearsthinking I would go into my three different sisters' rooms in the early-mid '70s and they had very specific different tastes in music. I specifically remember lying on my different sisters' bedroom floors and listening to their record collections. And "Starship Trooper" was one of my sister Nancy's favorite songs and favorite album. Music is so defining for me. In the late '70s and early '80s, I worked in radio. When I was in high school, I worked at two different radio stations. Thomas Haden Church songlyingschool
