Quotes by Michael Stuhlbarg

About Michael Stuhlbarg:

Michael S. Stuhlbarg is an American actor. He is best known for playing organized crime boss Arnold Rothstein in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013), troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man, Griffin in Men in Black 3 (2012), and Dr. Flicker in Blue Jasmine (2013). He will portray computer scientist and inventor Andy Hertzfeld in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic.
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Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.

Michael Stuhlbarg

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I ha...

Michael Stuhlbarg

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

Michael Stuhlbarg

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming.

Michael Stuhlbarg

I've found in my own life, if you try to struggle against what the universe is telling you, you set yourself up for more of a battle.

Michael Stuhlbarg

I was raised in a reform synagogue. I think we all bring with us a sense of when hard things happen to us, we find ourselves asking questions of why are these things happening to me at this time in my life. I think in that sense, there's a certain re...

Michael Stuhlbarg

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

Michael Stuhlbarg

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time.

Michael Stuhlbarg

I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown int...

Michael Stuhlbarg

I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more simple, and my on-camera work has become more energized or more spontaneous.

Michael Stuhlbarg

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Stuhlbarg
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornJuly 5, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor