I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people. Jeffrey Tambor More Quotes by Jeffrey Tambor More Quotes From Jeffrey Tambor When I was growing up, there was a character on TV; there was a character stereotype: it was personified by Mel on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' Jeffrey Tambor show up growing-up character I was a young actor who was bald, but at that time, there was a thing on television that - there was a prototype or a stereotype of a principal who was bald and mean with glasses, or there was... the angry boss who was bald. Jeffrey Tambor angry boss glasses time I thought I was gonna do Lear, but I'm gonna do Maura. Jeffrey Tambor gonna thought lear I would not be unhappy were I the last cisgender male to play a female transgender on television. Jeffrey Tambor transgender unhappy play television I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like. Jeffrey Tambor down thought think powerful I did not know that you had to learn makeup. I just thought you went, 'Oh, I'm gonna put on some makeup.' Jeffrey Tambor thought know you makeup You want to feel, 'I know that character.' Jeffrey Tambor feel know you character I kind of like not knowing how to do something - it's more exciting. Jeffrey Tambor more something like not-knowing My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost. Jeffrey Tambor new not-knowing car creative
