American - Actor | July 8, 1944 -
There are times between five and seven when this house is like a bowling alley, but it's reinspired me. My acting has gotten better because of these kids. I feel the same spirit I did when I was doing Off-Broadway.
Jeffrey Tambor
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I went bald when I was 18. My father cried. He cried about many things. But it allowed me to play older men in summer stock.
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If you see 'Pollock,' I weighed almost 270 pounds.
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I wanted to do well for me and for Maura. It is bigger than me. I have a responsibility. It's incumbent upon me to do Maura the best I can.
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Some people have a mandate that you can't change.
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Usually when you act, you know where you're going, where the point is.
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I am a huge believer - I always have been - in the power of comedy. That comedy will break hatred and will bring understanding.
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We are part of the zeitgeist, and we are communicating in a human, real way.
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I actually got thrown into my Bar Mitzvah because my teacher, my Cantor, did not tell me that they would all say 'amen' at the end of each, for want of a better word, paragraph. And that threw me completely. I almost went into an Ella Fitzgerald sort of scat.
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I had a bilateral lisp, and I was overweight. I was the kid who played with the flowers on the ground in the outfield during baseball. I was that kid.
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I think most of my heroes are not the traditional types. A guy I was fascinated with was Buster Keaton. I just love what he did. I love that mug.
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The brilliance of Jill Soloway is that while some people will give you Season Two, plus 10%, she's just kicked it.
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