Quotes from Liev Schreiber

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.

The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

You should never ask actors about politics.

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.

I manage to hide in my movies.

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.

You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.

It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.

Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.

During 'Manchurian Candidate' - that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it.

You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.

I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing.

Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

Entitlement is lethal.