“I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.” Quote by Richard Schiff
“I love my wife but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.” IdeasSometimesPastMovingFightingDifferencesWifeComfortSafeGood ThingsProsperityMy WifeRealmsFrustrationInterpretationSparksParadigmOld IdeasLove My WifeI Love My Wife Author:Richard Schiff
“I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic change in America. But events of tragic proportion took us on a turn. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were suddenly dead.” LongAmericaRememberCertainTurnsEventsKingsProportionTragicLutherBobby Kennedy Author:Richard Schiff
“It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and Georgia and then where? To Syria? To North Korea? To China? That we in America are in economic doldrums and are seeing small businesses fold and houses reclaimed by banks and a smouldering panic that is palpable everywhere.” MayWarMatterSeemsAmericaHouseSeeingEconomicIraqChinaSpreadIranAfghanistanPanicSyriaSmall BusinessKoreaFoldsNorth KoreaGeorgiaDoldrums Author:Richard Schiff
“I mean everyone, from Al Pacino to Murphy Guyer, are phenomenal actors.” MeanActorsAlsPhenomenalMurphy Author:Richard Schiff
“Listen - I like musicals. Even when they're bad, there's a couple of dancers I can watch.” I CanWatchesCoupleDancer Author:Richard Schiff
“I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.” KnowsYearsPlayFilmNextSawsGenerationsYears AgoTablesVersionsOddAlsGeeseOur GenerationGreat Film Author:Richard Schiff
“We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.” DreamFormSleepLateSurpriseInstantToo LateDelayChipsPotatoesGratificationBrillianceDown The RoadInstant GratificationPotato ChipsSleep And DreamSomewhere Down The Road Author:Richard Schiff
“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.” WayStoriesActorsChallengesInterestingRolesWrittenCome UpUp To You Author:Richard Schiff
“I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.” KidsCan DoAcceptingForeverGraceHumilityHigherSucceedYou Can Do ItHigher PowerTerminal Author:Quincy Jones
“Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didnt have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.” WorldMadeSelfProblemStrongAnswersOne ThingMy FamilyLaysScoreNightmareBellsTrumpetsSelf ReliantFamily Problems Author:Quincy Jones