--- title: "1 Express Opinion Quotes By Judd Hirsch" description: "1 Express Opinion quotes by Judd Hirsch. Plus more from Judd Hirsch and more Express Opinion sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/judd-hirsch-47897_life_i-was-not-going-to-be-an-actor-i-was-an_2181431.jpg" --- > [I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a physics degree, and I had become a little bit distressed that I'd have to work for somebody -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/i-was-not-going-to-be-an-actor-i-was-an-engineer-in-physics-that-s/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/judd-hirsch-47897_life_i-was-not-going-to-be-an-actor-i-was-an_2181431.jpg) ## More by Judd Hirsch > [When you get a chance to work with Aaron Sorkin, you don't say no. You drop everything you're doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/when-you-get-a-chance-to-work-with-aaron-sorkin-you-don-t-say-no-you/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [People come along and impose their own stuff on plays, and it shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/people-come-along-and-impose-their-own-stuff-on-plays-and-it-shows/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/if-you-re-playing-the-character-you-could-say-to-yourself-in-16/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [I was not going to be an actor. I was an engineer in physics. That's what I did: I graduated with a physics degree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/i-was-not-going-to-be-an-actor-i-was-an-engineer-in-physics-that-s/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [Some stage directions you just simply have to throw away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/some-stage-directions-you-just-simply-have-to-throw-away/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [What's the inside of a shark smell like? I always thought it would smell like chicken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/what-s-the-inside-of-a-shark-smell-like-i-always-thought-it-would/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/i-don-t-think-anyone-can-really-make-up-their-mind-and-say-now-i-m/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) > [If I'm not moved by what happens at the end of this play, then I've completely failed, and so has the play, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-hirsch/if-i-m-not-moved-by-what-happens-at-the-end-of-this-play-then-i-ve/) [Judd Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-hirsch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/express-opinion/judd-hirsch/#itemlist", "name": "1 Express Opinion Quotes By Judd Hirsch", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was not going to be an actor. 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