The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances. Jeffrey Tambor More Quotes by Jeffrey Tambor More Quotes From Jeffrey Tambor I thought Pan's Labyrinth was one of the greatest films I've ever seen, just pure artistry. Guillermo Del Toro is just really something, this guy. And he's a real mensch: down-to-earth, funny, huggy, and terrific. Jeffrey Tambor labyrinth guy real With Hellboy I am doing a comic-book movie. That's what's so great about being an actor: You get to do Meet Joe Black, and you get to do Arrested Development, and then you get to do Hellboy and Eloise, and The Sponge Bob Square Pants Movie. It's great. You get to play the field. Jeffrey Tambor black I remember I was standing next to Timothy Dalton in Brenda Starr, and he turned to me and said,"Oh, I think I've just been tagged to play James Bond." I'll never forget that. I went, "Oh! Okay. Well, good for you." Jeffrey Tambor never-forget remember thinking I love Brooke Shields. She's developed into a wonderful actress and a wonderful person. We were all babies then in Brenda Starr. That's why when people say, "What did you think of that film?" I can't do what people do and say, "I hated it." I can't speak ill of a film, because it's so hard to make a film. Everybody thinks we're sitting by a pool peeling grapes, and this is not the case. It's hard. It's hard to do this stuff - and getting harder! Jeffrey Tambor baby people thinking David Zucker was great! Those guys are funny. I mean, they are funny. There's a wonderful thing about doing that kind of work like Superhero Movie: You have to be real, but you also have to get the laugh. There you are, your director and the producers are right there at the monitors, and you either get the laugh or you don't. And so you just do it until you get the laugh. Jeffrey Tambor real laughing mean I like working on one - camera. This is not false modesty, but I don't think I'm very good at three - camera. And it's not that I'm nervous, but I just sort of feel like my collar is too small, or my clothes don't fit. I don't understand what that is. And I don't understand the format: There's an audience in front of you that you're playing to, but there are also these cameras. Jeffrey Tambor nervous modesty thinking I'm not going to say this beautifully : To you people out there... please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story, i would be happy if I were the last cisgender male to play a transgender female. Jeffrey Tambor top-news Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life, what has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago. I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue. Jeffrey Tambor entertainment For the past four years, I’ve had the huge privilege — and huge responsibility – of playing Maura Pfefferman, a transgender woman, in a show that I know has had an enormous, positive impact on a community that has been too long dismissed and misunderstood, now I find myself accused of behavior that any civilized person would condemn unreservedly. Jeffrey Tambor entertainment I am aware that a former disgruntled assistant of mine has made a private post implying that I had acted in an improper manner toward her, i adamantly and vehemently reject and deny any and all implication and allegation that I have ever engaged in any improper behavior toward this person or any other persons I have ever worked with. Jeffrey Tambor latest-headlines I play Maura Pfefferman, she's very entitled and has a lot of money, and I'd like to dedicate this award to the non-Maura Pfeffermans who don't have a lot of cash for their operations. Jeffrey Tambor company-news There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you. Jeffrey Tambor you acting wonderful character That's just me and my own body issues - I think I'm fat and bald and old and ugly. Jeffrey Tambor fat think me ugly I can only speak for me... but in my life, I find that, in sobriety, I feel much more, and I have much more depth. I also feel - not to segue, but as being a parent of five kids, I can bring much more to my acting, and so I'm all about anything that gives you more feeling and more depth. Jeffrey Tambor my-life me you life Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is part of our constitutional rights and it belongs to everybody. Jeffrey Tambor pursuit-of-happiness happiness life We all know about secrets - to have that pressure of something you can't reveal. That's universal: 'Am I safe? Am I gonna be OK? Will my family still love and respect me?' Jeffrey Tambor me respect family love I went bald when I was 18. My father cried. He cried about many things. But it allowed me to play older men in summer stock. Jeffrey Tambor me play men father I love this company. I don't know how it was selected. It's a bunch of machers. They mean business. Jeffrey Tambor know company business love As my manager says, 'These are wonderful problems.' Jeffrey Tambor says manager problems wonderful When I was a young boy in San Francisco, I remember being sent home from playing with a friend, and I remember the mother saying, 'Tell Jeffrey to go home.' And I said to the girl, 'Why?' She goes, 'My mother says that you're the people who killed Christ.' Jeffrey Tambor you girl mother home
