A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself. A lot of what happens in the industry is that you are cast based on other things that people have seen you do, or how you are… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys. If everyone thinks you're beautiful and wants to kiss you, then you play the lead role. — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
I think one of the most difficult things about the lifestyle is that when it's winter, and there is no running water, you still… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
One of the things that's fun about that is that sometimes you grow up knowing about someone because they were famous, but you don't… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
I think my ultimate directorial style is 'play.' In reference to theater, it's called a play - I believe in that noun, and the… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
Film is a pretty poor medium to deliver a message. I'm not trying to do that. I'm just trying to ask a lot of… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
I played guitar when I was a kid a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician. — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
One of the fun things for me, about acting, is trying to transform. Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor, in… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
The challenge and love, for me, of acting is if you get to transform or do something you haven't done before. That's fun. — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a film geek.… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I fell in… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
When people talk about careers, I always feel like the connotation of a career is that you're actually choosing things. — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
