I was a greasy short-order cook. I just liked being greasy! That was a real departure for me. Peter Jacobson More Quotes by Peter Jacobson More Quotes From Peter Jacobson When you're on a show for five years, everyone becomes friends. It's great. Peter Jacobson fiveshowsyears I certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character. Peter Jacobson strong-characterstrongcharacter Intimidation is 99 percent in the intimidatee's head. Peter Jacobson intimidationpercent I couldn't stop to be upset or depressed about anything when I was at Tiger Stadium with Billy Crystal shooting for three weeks. I was going to enjoy every second - even though apparently I didn't. Peter Jacobson upsetshootingthree I think the better the show usually it means that you've got a lot of good people, because it's sustaining itself. If there's negative energy, things tend to break down ultimately. Peter Jacobson meanpeoplethinking People would stop me in the street - my demographic tends to be the elderly Jewish women from Miami; I think they tend to fancy me as someone that would've been good with their daughter or something - and a lot of them will do the wrist-slapping thing. "Oh, you're a terrible man! Just terrible!" And I'm, like, "Well, it's just a show. I'm just playing a character." Peter Jacobson daughtercharactermen If you do an episode about something like transverse myelitis, it's a real disease that's out there, there are a lot of people that have it, and it's hard to get funding for them because people don't know about it. There are actually a lot of doctors that don't know about it. But if you do an episode of House, all of a sudden 15 million people are hearing the words, and it's an opportunity. Peter Jacobson doctorsrealopportunity Why things get canceled or not is so unbelievably out of actors' hands that it's one of those things where you've just got to ride with it. Peter Jacobson actorshands I lived in New York, and I was the guy who was flying home almost every week, so there was a physical exhaustion and an emotional exhaustion for me, and a need to be home more. Peter Jacobson emotionalnew-yorkhome You never get tired of making money, and you never get tired of a great acting gig, a same role that you can play for years, with wonderful writing and wonderful actors. Peter Jacobson tiredwritingyears Every actor wants to know in different ways. Some like to know everything. Some don't want to know anything. I think I land somewhere in the middle. Peter Jacobson differentlandthinking In terms of what's going to actually happen to me in the story, down towards the end of the season, I'm dying to know, but I just don't ask. If it's something that I think will really affect how I play it and it's information I need to know, than I'll ask, for sure. Peter Jacobson dyingplaythinking I don't usually get to play somebody who is, at least, nominally in charge. I'm usually playing somebody's lawyer or a doctor. Peter Jacobson doctorslawyerplay I think I've been able to be in some really good projects with some really good people. Peter Jacobson ablepeoplethinking I love working with Liev [Schreiber]. I've known him for a long time. I just think he is a master. Few actors are so self-possessed and so focused and so confident. Peter Jacobson selflongthinking Of course, on every job there are moments where you're not having fun. Peter Jacobson momentsfunjobs I wound up auditioning, wound up getting in, and I was off to the races: I was putting in four more years after school to train to be an actor. I was 26 years old, and I still had a locker, for Christ's sake! Peter Jacobson raceyearsschool Woody Allen, that was a dream come true, although I never really talked to him. Auditioning was fun, because you don't really hear much about the script. They just said, "They want a Woody Allen type," so of course I got the call. Peter Jacobson dreamwantfun I'm a huge, huge sports fan. A massive sports fan. Peter Jacobson massivefanssports Sports and politics are basically all I really care about or talk about. Peter Jacobson caresports
