I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows. Liev Schreiber More Quotes by Liev Schreiber More Quotes From Liev Schreiber I've always been more interested in the audience than I have in the plays. I like that idea of all those people sitting in the dark together. It's kind of fun. Liev Schreiber darkfunideas Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. Liev Schreiber simpletalkinglong I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. Liev Schreiber chickensmonthsfirsts I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other. Liev Schreiber the-end-of-the-dayfeel-bettercreative The best gig is the one you've got. Liev Schreiber gigs Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused Liev Schreiber focusedactorsneeds And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?' Liev Schreiber restaurantshatethinking The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person. Liev Schreiber funny-thingswritingthinking Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. Liev Schreiber smartnovelistsinteresting I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors. Liev Schreiber losspeoplethinking You always have to create the character from the ground up. Liev Schreiber character I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer. Liev Schreiber surferlikes Actors are as good as they allow themselves to be, and to portray life, you have to have as broad an experience of it as you possibly can, so everything's worth it. Liev Schreiber worth-itbroadsactors I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. Liev Schreiber characteristicslazyactors You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. Liev Schreiber careersjobsthinking Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life. Liev Schreiber pitchingplaythinking Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. Liev Schreiber enjoytheatreacting Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. Liev Schreiber awkwardrealpeople When you're in a place like New York or D.C. you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. Liev Schreiber distinctivebeatsnew-york You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Suess. Liev Schreiber affinitydrsknows
