Quotes by Eric Stoltz - Page 1

You look good wearing my future.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Looks
My Future
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I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Men
Lucky
Lucky Man
Consider
Indeed
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If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Dry
Plato
Wine
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I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Directors
Hands
I Can
Me I Can Who
Count
Directed
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Look, I'm an actor, I don't profess to understand much of anything
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Acting
Actors
Looks
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I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Movie
Normally
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TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Independent
Independent Film
Roles
Tvs
Assumed
Cable
Channels
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I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Episodes
Practice
Wraps
Directing
Wrap
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On the other hand, I would've been exceedingly rich, which would've been wonderful!
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Hands
Rich
Wonderful
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Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Actors
Admiration
Admiration And Respect
Directing
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I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Challenges
Enjoyable
Lasts
Years
Directing
Last Few Years
More And More
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Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Kids
Running
Our World
Robots
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I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Gentleman
Propriety
Taken
Years
Finally
Sense
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My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Actors
Film
Firsts
Glorious
Spoiled
Future Experience Me
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I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are!
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Matter
Sometimes
Who We Are
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It seems that whatever we do is somehow beyond reproach - murder, rape, drunk driving - as long as we go on a TV show and apologize.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Drunk
Reproach
Apologize
Somehow
Tv Show
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I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Piano
Play
Years
Studied
Amateur
Complete
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I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Men
Able
Facts
Theater
Love Man Me
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I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Camps
Film
Internment
Stories
True Story
United States
Wwii
Fort
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I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Zippers
Believe
Monsters
Real
Everybody Else
Monster
Suit
Zipper
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Technology
Hate
Typewriters
Life Time Relationship
Typewriter
Helluva
Ribbon
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I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Character
Compelling
Historical
Imaginary
Long
Relate
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I have several dogs and several cats who aren't really mine. In fact, they think that I am theirs. I'd like to have some goats and chickens, but I travel around too much.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Cat
Chickens
Dog
Goats
Thinking
Cats
Dogs
Several
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It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Home
Film Industry
Needs
Paid
People
Strange
Home Your People
Arrive
Big Head
Cater
Home People Your
Go Home
Minute
Unpleasant
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Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of experience, and the older you are the more you have to draw on.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Lifetime
People
Relationships Ending
Things Happen
Tragedy
Wealth
Draw
Relationships
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I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Jobs
Alimony
Bills
Great American
Paper
Writing
Gotta
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It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Disdain
Fun
Hard Times
Levels
Pleasant
Hard Time
Otherwise
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I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Cnn
Cutting
Papers
Spectrum
Trying
Dried
Fox
Journals
Opinions
Sources
Worldwide
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The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Movie
Actors
Cameras
College
Filmmaking
Wonder
Camera
Colleges
Departments
Unfortunately
Integrate
Technical
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I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Allure
Bizarre
Julia
Pretty Woman
Regret
Silly
Thinking
Time Regret Me
Mr
Coppola
Michael
Time Look Me
Godfather
Held
Julia Roberts
Right Choice
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I think I'm wealthy. I make a good living for what I do. Well, it depends. If I'm doing an independent film I'm making no money - probably losing money. But if I'm doing a studio film, I'll make a decent wage. I can live for a year without working.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Decent
Depends
Good Living
Independent
Independent Film
Losing
Thinking
Years
Wage
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My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Kids
Dad
Barbara
Eight
High School
Idyllic
Moved
Principal
Santa
School
Backyard
Island
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My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Lying
Phones
Reading
All Day
Phone
Lie
Hammock
Portable
Spur
Table
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Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Home
Crew
Fussy
Talking
Trying
Work Home Start
Weeks
Directing
Go Home
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To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Crew
Crude
Lists
My Favorite
Relate
Scene
Scratches
Theme
Amuse
Shot
Chicken
Draw
Prepare
Search
Send
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I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a 'career builder.' I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with 'Caprica,' the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Builder
Fairly
Complex
Draw
Genres
Script
Slothful
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I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Jobs
Dark
Smart
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I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Diet
Cynicism
Dark
Dark Side
Fashion
Human Nature
Sitting
Thinking
Violence
Fires
Grand
Story-Telling
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You know, you grow up with the image of John Travolta being super cool - 'Saturday Night Fever,' Brian De Palma, handsome young god... he, in reality, is a very silly man. And I mean that in a good way. He'll walk around the set talking in little weird voices, making people laugh.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Brian
Fever
Good Way
Growing Up
Handsome
Mean
Saturday
Saturday Night
Silly
Grow Up
Image
John Travolta
Super
Voices
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When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. On some level it's really wonderful and gratifying, but on another level it's rather disturbing. I'm sure you've spoken to movie stars and wondered: How do these people survive without babysitters?
Eric Stoltz / Actor
People
Stars
Years
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Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Anxious
Cell Phone
Cells
Curious
Delirium
Etc
Glee
Hell
Lost
Phones
Thinking
Three
Time Great Lost
Began
Days
Buy
Weeks
Cell
Suffered
Directing
Phone
Episode
Few
New One
Recently
Something Kind
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There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Accomplishment
Bucks
Glue
Independent
Independent Film
Manage
Strange
Thrilling
Turns
Time Hope Good
Bottle
Chip
Finish
Hope Time Good
Less Money
No Time
Pretty Good
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But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
Actors
Character
Personal Life
Stories
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It just seems to me that the world's kind of a mess, and the more messy it gets, the more interested I am in escapist fare. Having a good time is something that isn't about the war in Iraq or the Asian flu or the Kyoto protocol - things that are horribly depressing to consider in our real lives. I'm eager to get away from them.
Eric Stoltz / Actor
War
Asian
Depressing
Flu
Having A Good Time
Iraq
Mess
Messy
Protocol
Real
War Time Good
Eager
Escapist
Fare
Good Time
Horribly
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