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Tony Shalhoub Quotes

American - Actor | October 9, 1953 -

I did some acting in high school and then a little more in college, and it just was the thing that I felt that I wanted to do more than anything else. And then I was fortunate enough to audition for and get into Yale Drama School right after college, and I spent three years there.

School College High School Acting

I'm a very sensitive guy!

Guy Sensitive Very

'Longtime Companion' was really the first movie that I know of that addressed the problem of AIDS. This was back in the '80s that we did this.

Problem Back Know First Companion

'Quick Change' was my first real movie. It was an interesting audition process because there were no lines in the script. Bill Murray's character would say something, and Geena Davis and Randy Quaid would say something, and then it would just say, 'The cabbie speaks.' How do you audition for that?

Change Character Process Interesting

I feel like I was born in the wrong time.

Time Feel Born Wrong I Feel Like

I've been lucky that even when I was younger, just because of my look or whatever, I was afforded the opportunity or called on to try. 'Can you do this Hispanic character?' 'Can you do this Italian character?' 'Can you do this Jewish-American character?' I just had to develop a facility for their accents.

Character Opportunity You Look Lucky

Before I did any television or film, I did years and years of theater. Television and film stuff, even though it went on for a good, healthy number of years, almost felt like a diversion from theater.

Good Television Healthy Years Film

I try to do other characters that are different from Monk, obviously, because I'd like to be remembered for more than just that.

Try More Remembered Monk Different

I'm drawn to that period, the '50s.

I get the opportunity to play all different ethnicities and not get stereotyped or locked into one. It's been a tremendous advantage, I think.

Opportunity Think Play Get Different

I started out in the theater when I was a young actor, so I've always tried to move from one medium to the other.

Young Actor Always Out Started Move

You make certain assumptions as a parent. And you kind of think, at a certain point, you've figured things out. And then all of a sudden, that person that you raised and nurtured and thought that you knew is someone else completely.

Think Thought Parent Someone You

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