Liev Schreiber

Its the difference between instinct and intuition,

— Liev Schreiber

I get panic attacks in big crowds.

— Liev Schreiber

You always have to create the character from the ground up.

— Liev Schreiber

You should never ask actors about politics.

— Liev Schreiber

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

— Liev Schreiber

The best gig is the one you've got.

— Liev Schreiber

I manage to hide in my movies.

— Liev Schreiber

You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Suess.

— Liev Schreiber

I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs.

— Liev Schreiber

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

— Liev Schreiber

I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors.

— Liev Schreiber

There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet

— Liev Schreiber

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

— Liev Schreiber

I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.

— Liev Schreiber

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

— Liev Schreiber

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

— Liev Schreiber

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing…

— Liev Schreiber

I think people respond to truthful, simple narrative, and the more you try to dress it up to try and do something…

— Liev Schreiber

Actors are as good as they allow themselves to be, and to portray life, you have to have as broad an experience…

— Liev Schreiber

Someone very smart once said to me, "Steal, don't borrow." So if there's anything good in anything anyone else does, it's fair…

— Liev Schreiber

I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might…

— Liev Schreiber

I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just…

— Liev Schreiber

When you're in a place like New York or D.C. you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because…

— Liev Schreiber

That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and…

— Liev Schreiber

Flaws reveal a lot about a character and who people are. The flawed elements of a character are where I find their…

— Liev Schreiber

Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played…

— Liev Schreiber

He was very supportive of me, ... He saw every single play I did in New York. Ill never forget looking out…

— Liev Schreiber

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the…

— Liev Schreiber

I am struggling, though. It’s f-cking hard. So little sleep. It’s 23 hours and 59 minutes of exhaustion. They do one little…

— Liev Schreiber

I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied…

— Liev Schreiber

I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.

— Liev Schreiber

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

— Liev Schreiber

No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.

— Liev Schreiber

You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.

— Liev Schreiber

Ever since I was a little kid I was obsessed with films, and I always wanted to make them

— Liev Schreiber

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

— Liev Schreiber

There's something cathartic about swearing 150 times after spending ten hours in the editing room.

— Liev Schreiber

You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.

— Liev Schreiber

I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing.

— Liev Schreiber

You are what you know, as an actor, so you gotta try to know as much as you possibly can.

— Liev Schreiber