I would like to ultimately be of service and of use; that's when I feel at my best. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I just don't want to follow the trajectory of what the industry wants me to do. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
Not everybody gets the ability to pursue work that's joyful all the time. — Mike Faist Ability Copy Share Image
I'm coming to the realization that we don't choose projects. They kind of find us in a roundabout way. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
The only dance show that I'd really done in New York was 'Newsies.' For the most part, really, I just pushed around… — Mike Faist Dance Copy Share Image
I came from off-Broadway theatre, and we didn't get paid. So it's like, 'what do you mean you're going to pay me… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
When I was really young, I watched Gene Kelly in 'Singing in the Rain.' I idolized him. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
Shooting 'West Side' really was a joyous experience, and to use the term that Tony Kushner has said in interviews that I've… — Mike Faist Experience Copy Share Image
I write short stories and I write things here and there. I think as an actor, it's really important to at least… — Mike Faist Actor Copy Share Image
The one thing that excites me as an actor is the ability to dive all the way in and immerse yourself in… — Mike Faist Ability Copy Share Image
I might get recognised occasionally, but in the grand scheme of things no one cares who I am. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I kind of had to face the music at some point and say, 'All right, how do I engage with all of… — Mike Faist Attention Copy Share Image
It's such a weird thing, because you have a whole crew of people standing over there, on the other side. There's a… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I do this every now and then, I think this is just kind of naturally who I am, I question where all… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I think grief teaches us a lot. Once you've really experienced grief for the first time, everything kicks into perspective. You stop… — Mike Faist Control Copy Share Image
After a few nonunion shows, I got booked as the understudy for the lead of 'Newsies.' I was in the original Broadway… — Mike Faist Broadway Copy Share Image
When someone like Steven Spielberg, the godfather of cinema, comes to you like, 'No, you got this. I trust you, I hired… — Mike Faist Cinema Copy Share Image
It's a strange industry, where you're constantly having to prove yourself. I'm auditioning all the time still, finding the next project -… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I moved to New York at 17 to pursue theater. I didn't know anyone and I didn't have any sort of way… — Mike Faist Actor Copy Share Image
It's an inhumane thing to just sit in your apartment alone by yourself and just mindlessly click on whatever's next on the… — Mike Faist Alone Copy Share Image
West Side,' when it first came out, it wasn't a huge success because it was ahead of its time. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
Especially, for me, being a theater actor in New York - this is no snub, but I'm not famous. — Mike Faist Actor Copy Share Image
I danced as a kid and I like dancing at weddings, that's fun. But I wouldn't say that I speak the language. — Mike Faist Dance Copy Share Image
Truthfully, it was really nice to shed 'Challengers,' as fulfilling an experience as that was. I was really spent and I had… — Mike Faist Experience Copy Share Image
That's kind of what we do as actors. You just kind of learn new skills with everything, and each time it just… — Mike Faist Actor Copy Share Image
We just keep making the same mistakes. We're so primal still in our way of thinking and reacting. — Mike Faist Making mistakes Copy Share Image
I realized that there seems to be a general lack of self-love and empathy in our society. — Mike Faist Empathy Copy Share Image
Whenever I work, I just kind of obsess about things. I get tunnel vision; I'm a bit of a perfectionist. — Mike Faist Dreams Copy Share Image
Maybe it's more stressful to be on stage because you constantly have to keep revisiting it as opposed to being like, 'Well,… — Mike Faist Being Copy Share Image
We play pretend for a living. That's ridiculous in itself. I really feel like we're the lucky ones. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
People in the Midwest move at a much slower pace and things are not as dire as they are in the city. — Mike Faist City Copy Share Image
It's not hard to have fun in 'Newsies,' about the uprising of children, a new generation coming in to take over the… — Mike Faist Children Copy Share Image
There's a lot of technical issues with a musical whereas with a play it's just the five people onstage in this moment. — Mike Faist Actor Copy Share Image
You can't just say yes to everything. I have to decide whether or not I've actually something to contribute. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
It takes a very strong and smart person to think to accept what they're doing and learn from their own mistakes and… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I'm adopted, and I met my birth mom right when I was about to move to New York. I was 17 when… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
Every stage version of 'West Side Story' I'd seen was some big, imposing kind of guy. And, frankly, it just feels less… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
People have come up to me and been like, 'You ever get that you look like John Mulaney?' — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
The company management team at Two Rivers is one of the best I have ever dealt with. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
I was just really wrestling with this idea of, 'Do I love acting or do I hate it?' And the truth is… — Mike Faist Acting Copy Share Image
