American - Actor | March 14, 1976 -
The very act of saying anything more nuanced than 'us good, them bad' is under attack, and I'm proud to stand with artists who do.
Corey Stoll
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I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. And there was kind of a poetic justice to losing something I was hiding behind.
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My parents met when they were 16 and bonded over the antiwar movement.
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My parents never had to tell me about the birds and the bees, you know? It was very out in the open.
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You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional and with great dialogue. It's a difficult lesson to learn because good writing is hard to come by, but it's definitely worth chasing.
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After college, I was an intern at the New York Theater Workshop. In the mornings, I would build sets and hang lights, and in the afternoon, I would be the reader for auditions.
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If I could grill for breakfast, I would.
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Growing up, I used to babysit, but, thinking back on what I was like at 15, this was probably a terrible idea.
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When you're in a theater, it's about reaching the back rows. When you have a camera in your face, it's just about knowing the size of the room.
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What's really fun as the villain is working to get the audience to hate you.
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I think, sometimes, actors having a holistic view of what they're in can be overrated. Especially when you're playing somebody as narcissistic and self-involved as Ernest Hemingway, it doesn't really matter what else is in the script.
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