Eric Stoltz Quotes

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

Work, Home, Before

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

Life, Movies, Character

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
Eric Stoltz

Respect, Admiration, Directing

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.
Eric Stoltz

Actually, Hand, Count

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

Future, Long, Place

I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.
Eric Stoltz

Lucky, Consider, Indeed

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

True, Few, Film

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

Movies, Real, Else

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

Life, Love, Time

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

Travel, Around, Fact

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

Great, Job, Writing

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

Love, Living, Able

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

Good, Enjoy, Play

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

Good, Money, Live

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

Nature, History, Movies

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

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

Time, Woman, Regret

I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'
Eric Stoltz

Practice, Private, Directing

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

Nothing, Become, Else

I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.
Eric Stoltz

Movies, Interested, Normally

I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.
Eric Stoltz

Find, Challenge, Last

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

Smart, Career, Pretty

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

Time, Good, War

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

Time, Respect, Fun

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

Drunk, Long, Whatever

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 30, 1961

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