I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would. Chris Lowell More Quotes by Chris Lowell More Quotes From Chris Lowell I will always be the hopeless romantic, more often pathetic than heroic. Chris Lowell heroic hopeless romantic No one else in my family is an actor or aspires to be, and most of my friends aren't actors. Most of my friends are the people that I grew up with back in Georgia. It's really helpful to be surrounded by a world that's bigger than the entertainment industry. Chris Lowell actors people world I always used to associate good directors as being ones who are totally extreme and have an answer for everything and there are no loose ends. Chris Lowell used answers directors I remember the first time I fell in love. That rush is just overwhelming and you don't think there's ever going to be anything like it. Chris Lowell remember firsts thinking I remember all the kids picking their chosen career paths and I was thinking, If I'm an actor I can be an astronaut and a policeman and a firefighter. At the time I was so young that I actually thought actors were all of those things. Chris Lowell careers kids thinking I can say with great confidence that I was much more critical of the people I knew than of the people I didn't. Just because I know what they're capable of, so the bar is set so much higher for them - unfairly, frankly. Chris Lowell bars higher people I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I still shoot black-and-white film. And I am constantly reminiscing about the 'good old days.' I'm 28 years old. There haven't even been that many 'good old days.' But still, I love to look back. Chris Lowell eyes good myself love I had managers approaching me in high school asking me if I wanted to act professionally, but to me, having to miss school to do that meant missing time with my friends, which was completely unacceptable. Chris Lowell me friends time school In 'The Big Chill,' those characters are in middle age, thinking, 'Oh, God, I've turned into my parents. I've failed.' And in 'Beside Still Waters,' we're showing the struggles of people who actually want to be like their parents and feel they can't live up to their heights. Chris Lowell age god people thinking I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines. Chris Lowell makeup worry hair love Kristen Bell is one of my best friends. I've had the pleasure of working with some really great people, and Kristen is just a beautiful, talented young lady. Chris Lowell best great beautiful people
