I don't have a lot of money. I get some from Mad Men. But I don't think I'm rich. Vincent Kartheiser More Quotes by Vincent Kartheiser More Quotes From Vincent Kartheiser And when I was a kid being an actor was not cool. I'm thirty now and when I was a kid in the 80s that wasn't a cool thing to be. Vincent Kartheiser thirtyactorskids Storytelling is the important thing. Vincent Kartheiser important-thingsstorytellingimportant You don't have to be kind. You have to be calm. Once you start showing that people can affect your emotions, then you obviously don't have that much power. If a stewardess can affect your emotional life, then you don't have any power in life and you just showed your whole hand. Vincent Kartheiser emotionalhandspeople It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No - you can. He's dead. Vincent Kartheiser crazychallengestrying I've never been monogamous. It might happen, but it never has yet. I don't understand women, I'm off that kick. Vincent Kartheiser kickshappensmight I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen their work on the screen and I've been like, Wow, that was a really great performance. Because there are a lot of elements with film. It's not like stage. It's not a kind of performance art anymore; it's a highly tuned kind of collaboration - a symphony. Vincent Kartheiser collaborationsymphonyart I think television is always changing. It's always shifting. Vincent Kartheiser shiftingtelevisionthinking I was a nut for Dostoevsky. You can tell a lot from what people read between those ages. My brother was a Steinbeck freak and now he lives in a little village in New Hampshire and he's a baker. Vincent Kartheiser brothernutspeople But now I feel off the grid. I feel that I am not part of the culture. And because I don't have a car I don't really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own. Vincent Kartheiser cargivingfacts I was, aged nine, the go-to kid in Minneapolis for a commercial voiceover. Vincent Kartheiser minneapolisninekids I don't really study television or how things do or don't change. So I don't know anything about that. I'm just a stupid actor. Vincent Kartheiser actorsstupidtelevision I go on the bus, I walk. A friend left his car recently at my house and I took it out one day just for 15 minutes and it was terrible. You know why? I felt like I was back in LA again. Four or five years ago, when I had a car and I had been out of the city I wouldn't feel I was back until I got in the car, you know. But now I feel off the grid. I feel that I am not part of the culture. And because I don't have a car I don't really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own. Vincent Kartheiser citiesgivingyears Well, I think certain roles are chosen for us. The moment I read Pete Campbell I thought: I can do this, this is mine. And in Money, too. The truth is I turn down a lot of projects. If a character doesn't have some kind of internal struggle, it's no good for me. Vincent Kartheiser strugglecharacterthinking I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with. Vincent Kartheiser actingpeople It's always nice to know people are watching and having their own ideas about things and it's nice when your audience starts trying to guess what's going to happen, it means they're really interested. Vincent Kartheiser nicemeanideas I'm just an actor. Just a stupid actor. Vincent Kartheiser actorsstupid You can't compare any job or any friendship or anything to another. I think if you do, it's kind of a recipe for disaster. Vincent Kartheiser recipesjobsthinking Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face. Vincent Kartheiser actorswinningfaces Education is the number one priority. Vincent Kartheiser prioritiesnumbers The official bio is the wrongest thing you've ever seen in your entire life. Vincent Kartheiser biosofficials
