You look good wearing my future. Eric Stoltz More Quotes by Eric Stoltz More Quotes From Eric Stoltz Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough. Eric Stoltz our-world running kids I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety. Eric Stoltz gentleman taken years TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film. Eric Stoltz independent roles tvs If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini. Eric Stoltz dry wine plato I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw. Eric Stoltz smart dark jobs I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are! Eric Stoltz who-we-are matter sometimes When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. On some level it's really wonderful and gratifying, but on another level it's rather disturbing. I'm sure you've spoken to movie stars and wondered: How do these people survive without babysitters? Eric Stoltz stars people years My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara. Eric Stoltz dad kids school I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing. Eric Stoltz movie I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real. Eric Stoltz zippers real believe It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though. Eric Stoltz hard-times levels fun I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it. Eric Stoltz technology hate typewriters It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant. Eric Stoltz home people needs My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment. Eric Stoltz phones reading lying I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. Eric Stoltz fashion dark thinking I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do. Eric Stoltz paper writing jobs On the other hand, I would've been exceedingly rich, which would've been wonderful! Eric Stoltz rich wonderful hands My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films. Eric Stoltz film actors firsts I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there. Eric Stoltz cnn cutting trying But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head. Eric Stoltz actors stories character
