I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. Stanley Tucci More Quotes by Stanley Tucci More Quotes From Stanley Tucci I was dissatisfied just being an actor. Stanley Tucci dissatisfiedjust-beingactors I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost. Stanley Tucci actorsfirsts I was always attracted to the past as a kid. Stanley Tucci kidspast Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face. Stanley Tucci playcharacterpeople The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker. Stanley Tucci individualismpracticalsfilmmaker I'm a control freak. Totally. Stanley Tucci control-freakfreak I'd read Up in the Old Hotel, and I wanted to do something with Mitchell's stuff for a long time. Stanley Tucci hospitalitystufflong If you feel safe then you can go wherever you want to go as an actor. Stanley Tucci actorssafewant Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard. Stanley Tucci rolesseriousacting The action stuff takes a long time but when you're there and you're doing it and you go into that take and you run and everything is blowing up around you and you're diving onto something it's actually incredibly thrilling and you feel like a kid again. Like a kid, who used to play and pretend all those things would happen and now they're actually happening. Stanley Tucci playrunningkids I've been playing the father of teenagers for years. People always thought that I was 40 when I was 26. Once you lose your hair, they're like "Oh! He's really old now." Stanley Tucci teenagerhairfather I'm interested in how people shoot because I have a very specific way of shooting and I'm fascinated by the way other people shoot films, particularly if they're smart and talented. Stanley Tucci smartpeopleway There is a joke that I use all the time. I say it to my kids. I used to say it to my wife. She'd be talking to me about something very serious and then I would just look at her and go "Where are you from originally?" And she would go "Humphhh! C'mon. That's terrible!" Stanley Tucci wifetalkingkids Sometimes you can't even find the director on a movie set. Sometimes you don't want to find the director on a movie set. Stanley Tucci wantsometimesdirectors I hate movies that take a long time to shoot or directors that labor over every shot or do excessive amounts of coverage and excessive takes and don't keep things moving or constantly cutting. Stanley Tucci cuttinghatemoving You have to be serious about what you do but you mustn't take yourself seriously. That way you'll be happier and ultimately you'll be more successful. You'll be better at what you do. Stanley Tucci serioussuccessfulway I don't like things about serial killers. There's so much serial killer information out there in documentaries constantly. A lot of it's just sort of gratuitous or it's almost like pornographic, really. There's no reason for it being shown. Stanley Tucci serial-killerkillersinformation I ’m trying [ to spoil her ], yes of course, being very attentive. Stanley Tucci entertainment He's a psychopath ... which is why I jumped at the chance - any actor who says they don't want to play Captain Hook is lying. Stanley Tucci entertainment The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors. Stanley Tucci talkhowknowmajority
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