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“One of the great things about the old days of television, 10 years ago, or 15 years ago, was that it was water cooler television. People would communally watch the same hour. People used to tell us all the time, we turn off the phones, we put the kids to bed and that one hour is uninterrupted. Then, the next day at the water cooler, they all talk about it.”

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Richard Schiff

Richard Schiff, born on May 27, 1955, is an accomplished American actor. He is known for his versatile performances in various television series and films, renowned for his exceptional acting skills and unique character portrayal. more

“Playing a TV character for seven years is almost like when you do a play. You live, breathe, and everything else with that character 24-7 for six months or four months or whatever, and that gets very deep in your blood. When you do a TV character for seven years, that's a long time. It becomes a seminal era in your life.”

Long Character Seven Breathe Very Deep

Author:Richard Schiff

“Surviving the grind of 18-hour days and getting up at four in the morning to work out for an hour so I'd have the energy to do it again the next day. I did not know I had that discipline. I did not know I had the discipline to learn a seven-page scene in three hours to shoot that day or the next day. I didn't know that I was capable of realizing that potential.”

Energy Realizing Hours Morning Discipline Scene Capable Work Out Surviving Grind

Author:Richard Schiff

“Most all of the writers I admired when I was in my teens and twenties died young. Fitzgerald lived the longest. He was 44. Dylan Thomas was 39. And then once you're approaching 40, you suddenly think, "Well, maybe I would like to live longer than Fitzgerald or Thomas."”

Thinking Dylan

Author:Jay McInerney

“The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.”

Drinking Quitting Smoking Quit Drinking

Author:Jay McInerney