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> [Theater is completely different from film or television. It has a beginning and a middle and an end and it's different every night. And it's far preferable to any other except in the sense of not getting paid, people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/theater-is-completely-different-from-film-or-television-it-has-a/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

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## More by Richard Dreyfuss

> [Trump is an intemperate, mean-spirited, lying bully. If a man like that asked you for permission to marry your daughter, what would your answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/trump-is-an-intemperate-mean-spirited-lying-bully-if-a-man-like-that/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [Television is hypnotic, and it hides among the furniture of your living room. It doesn't reveal itself, but it distorts everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/television-is-hypnotic-and-it-hides-among-the-furniture-of-your/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [There is one solution to all of our problems: Teaching our kids clarity of thought and political representation in democracy. That's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/there-is-one-solution-to-all-of-our-problems-teaching-our-kids/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without being personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/we-mistake-politics-for-legislative-debate-you-can-be-passionate/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [Wake up and live. It's a fast world out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/wake-up-and-live-it-s-a-fast-world-out-there/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [I took the part in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' because no one had ever asked me to play 'a life' before. I get to age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/i-took-the-part-in-mr-holland-s-opus-because-no-one-had-ever-asked-me/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/i-spoke-so-much-about-being-a-manic-depressive-i-want-to-bring/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/the-happiest-i-ever-been-was-when-i-was-a-struggling-actor-i-ve-had/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/happiness-has-a-bad-rap-people-say-it-shouldn-t-be-your-goal-in-life/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [I said to my doctor, 'You gotta testme, there's something wrong with me that I would be behaving this way.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/i-said-to-my-doctor-you-gotta-testme-there-s-something-wrong-with-me/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [We didn't get along, me and Bill Murray. But I've got to give it to him: I don't like him, but he makes me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/we-didn-t-get-along-me-and-bill-murray-but-i-ve-got-to-give-it-to-him/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [Politics has become beyond acceptable when it comes to humanity. People are just frozen in falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/politics-has-become-beyond-acceptable-when-it-comes-to-humanity/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [To teach our kids how to run our country, before they are called upon to run our country . . . if we don't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/to-teach-our-kids-how-to-run-our-country-before-they-are-called-upon/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [I think I'm turning into a libertarian. I'm not part of the gaggle of Hollywood liberals. I gaggle for no one, and I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/i-think-i-m-turning-into-a-libertarian-i-m-not-part-of-the-gaggle-of/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

> [We need to get back to reasoning and thinking things through. The future generation is being brought up in greed and without a true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dreyfuss/we-need-to-get-back-to-reasoning-and-thinking-things-through-the/)

[Richard Dreyfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dreyfuss/)

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