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I'm very goal oriented.
I was a geek in high school.
I had a mustache when I was 13.
Ive always been pretty energetic.
I've always been pretty energetic.
A lot of a movie is locations, frankly.
I would say acting on stage is my first love.
I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm.
It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.
Our imagination often is more horrifying than being shown something.
I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships.
I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.
I never say never, but I'm really enjoying the freedom I'm having right now.
You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.
If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.
I love helping someone else tell their story, but I like being the storyteller sometimes.
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.
I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.
Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?
If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me.
Older actors can still play young, but it's harder for young actors to be able to play that age range.
I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.
Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway.
I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.
And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.
I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.
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're playing the same character for a decade it's natural that there are moments when you want to try something new.
'Friends', even though it was the longest single job I've had, still to me at the end of the day, when it was over it was a job.
The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.
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.
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.
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.
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.
Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.
There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.
I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater.
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."
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.
The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day's over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.
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.
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.
As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.
I love directing. It's something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years.
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've made a good amount of money. I'm very happy that I can now support my theatre company and support friends and family, and I'm ready to maybe go back to school and change careers.
I really believe that, as an actor, you should be constantly studying other people, and celebrity had the absolute opposite effect on me. It made me want to hide - to run away and hide.
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.
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.'