David Schwimmer Quotes

I had a mustache when I was 13.

I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.

If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.

Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it.

It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.

At this age - I'm 44 - I think life's too short. I want it to mean something to me, if I'm going to spend that much time doing it.

There are days when I think: what if I just checked out? What if I grew a beard and went off to live somewhere remote? I have often wondered about the freedom that would bring.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

I was a geek in high school.

Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?

Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.

I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships.

And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.

I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.

You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.

Our imagination often is more horrifying than being shown something.

There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.

I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.

I never say never, but I'm really enjoying the freedom I'm having right now.

I love helping someone else tell their story, but I like being the storyteller sometimes.

A lot of a movie is locations, frankly.

If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is.

When you see Liana [Liberato], who at the time was 14, there is an inexperience and innocence that you can't act and you can't fake.

There is a danger, if you cast someone who is 18, 19 or 20 to play 14 or 15, that very subtly, almost unconsciously, the audience is, "Oh, this isn't so bad."

I would say acting on stage is my first love.

I'm very goal oriented.

I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive.

Ive always been pretty energetic.

And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.

If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me.

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.