Director Does Quotes by Peter Sarsgaard

Im okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better.

— Peter Sarsgaard

I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take.

— Peter Sarsgaard

Usually the way I think someone is radicalized is through a personal experience. The thing about environmental activism is that we are all having…

— Peter Sarsgaard

I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that…

— Peter Sarsgaard

Who would I least want to hang out with? Probably John Lotter. I guess I have a place of understanding for everyone I've played.

— Peter Sarsgaard

Depending on what stage I'm at in my career, I either work or don't work because I've been offered one thing.

— Peter Sarsgaard

I still consider myself a young actor, I'm 34; I still view it as the beginning of my career. You can get infatuated with…

— Peter Sarsgaard

If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of…

— Peter Sarsgaard

If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

— Peter Sarsgaard

I get so happy to see someone like Jodie descend into absurdity and be human.

— Peter Sarsgaard

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best…

— Peter Sarsgaard

It is very possible that I could have ended up on 80 acres of land by myself, and fallen in love at a distance…

— Peter Sarsgaard

Even a good politician, someone who is very ambitious, chooses not to see trouble.

— Peter Sarsgaard

But the way that we've got it organized in our family, we try not to work at the same time, so I'm just now…

— Peter Sarsgaard

I would like to sail across the Atlantic. I would like the experience of being that far away from land.

— Peter Sarsgaard