I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had to have surgery to sew up all the tendons in there. Jeremy Piven More Quotes by Jeremy Piven More Quotes From Jeremy Piven Quitting the show was a complete anomaly in my life and my career. I've never missed out on anything. I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me. Jeremy Piven holy-grailopportunitypeople All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since. Jeremy Piven pavementlos-angelesdone It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones. Jeremy Piven bonesactorsjobs I feel, as a person, very uninteresting. Jeremy Piven personsfeels One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters. Jeremy Piven judgingtalkingcharacter Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job. Jeremy Piven donejobspeople The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought. Jeremy Piven lamasaidthinking The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work. Jeremy Piven best-workstage I do yoga. I've been doing yoga for over 20 years and I love it. Jeremy Piven yogayears I'm a stage actor. That is what I do. Jeremy Piven stage-actorsstageactors I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere. Jeremy Piven mitzvahmenboys When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy." Jeremy Piven playcharacterpeople Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent. Jeremy Piven sharksoppositesreality We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing. Jeremy Piven one-thingelementsdifferent You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?" Jeremy Piven passionwritingmen I grew up in the theatre. Jeremy Piven grewtheatregrew-up I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way. Jeremy Piven grewstageway I like to box. It's a great release. Jeremy Piven releaseboxes I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up. Jeremy Piven chicagoplayway I'm acting with the best actors in the world. Jeremy Piven actorsactingworld
