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Peter Riegert Quotes

American - Actor | April 11, 1947 -

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

Learning Character You Play Things

Obviously, any time you're closer in terms of what your knowledge is to a character, you can add something. But an actor's job is not to play only people he can identify with.

Character Knowledge Time Job People

A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn't know that because you're taking out the things that don't work. There's no comparison to the theater because it's live. But making a movie is just as challenging and exciting, I find. A movie is pure process. The theater is the result of process.

Work Live Process Result You Find

I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.

Job I Can Three Say More Without

There is a temptation for an actor to editorialize what they're doing. And you can't do that with Pinter. It's almost like a musical score. His lines are so specific, but they can mean different things to different people, like an alternating current.

People Doing You Temptation Actor

You realize Shakespeare wasn't stuck for an idea when he said, 'All the world's a stage.'

World You Said Realize Stage Stuck

As a matter of fact, part of being Jewish is the whole question of what it is to be a Jew.

Matter Question Jewish Being Whole

Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask.

You Connection Sometimes Ask Writer

I got to learn from the American audience. Hearing what it is they're not getting. These are audiences, 35 to 40, an older demographic that controls seven to 10 trillion dollars. And the producers and distributors have convinced themselves this group doesn't go to the movies.

American Learn Go Movies Group Got

In 2000, I realized I had reached that certain age when the parts get scarcer. So I decided to try my hand at directing.

Age Hand Try Get Directing Reached

I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.

Best Story Short Got Short Story

I've learned there is a void in adult stories across the land. Hollywood, whatever that is anymore, is losing their ability to tell those stories because they're not even thinking of that audience.

Losing Thinking Hollywood Land Tell

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