Dermot Mulroney Quotes
Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.
I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.
What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.
Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.
What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to the library and looking up archival photos, etc.
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.
I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.
I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.
Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.
Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.
