Quotes by Liev Schreiber

About Liev Schreiber:

Isaac Liev Schreiber is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of horror films, Phantoms, The Sum of All Fears, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Salt, Taking Woodstock, and Goon.
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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat.

Liev Schreiber

Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.

Liev Schreiber

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

Liev Schreiber

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.

Liev Schreiber

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

Liev Schreiber

I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.

Liev Schreiber

I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors.

Liev Schreiber

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

Liev Schreiber

Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.

Liev Schreiber

You always have to create the character from the ground up.

Liev Schreiber

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

Liev Schreiber

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

Liev Schreiber

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

Liev Schreiber

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.

Liev Schreiber

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.

Liev Schreiber

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.

Liev Schreiber

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

Liev Schreiber

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

Liev Schreiber

I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.

Liev Schreiber

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

Liev Schreiber

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.

Liev Schreiber

Author Bio

  • NameLiev Schreiber
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornOctober 4, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Film Director; Voice Actor; Writer