Quotes from Ron Livingston

'Rocky' I tend to watch through to the end every time.

I don't always get to do a lot of bad guys.

Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen.

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.

My favorite characters that I've gotten to do are the ones that surprised me the most.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

I'm a fan of 'Family Guy,' and I like watching the show.

We don't plan to be good or bad. We just think, 'What do I want now? I want coffee now. I want the paper now.'

Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you.

In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?

It's got to be weird to sit in an office all day and deal with these creative types without having any idea of what they do or how they do it.

If you're a real scientist, you're constantly open to new data. Nothing is ever 100% validated.

I saw 'The Shining' really young. I don't think it scarred me, but I had a paper route, and I delivered to some apartment buildings, and it made it a little scary to walk down those hallways.

It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.

An actor's career doesn't feel like just one career to me. It feels like about five or six. Because every six or seven years, you look in the mirror and you have a completely different product.

I think there is sort of a disconnect in this country between people that served in the military, understand the culture of it and what it is, and the people who only know what they see on the news and read - and they don't really get a feel for the culture.

There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera.

The scariest thing I've ever had about a long drive is almost falling asleep a couple of times. Those moments where you maybe should have pulled over and taken a nap, like, a couple of hours ago.

I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it.

It's kinda cool seeing people having real fights with people they really know.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her.