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 with some kids whose parents worked there. We staged all-kid versions of 'Hamlet', 'Cymbeline', a few… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A lot of directors on a base level are fearful of actors and maybe even distrustful. I love the craft of acting and I… — Matt Ross Copy Share
The real truth - like anything, you have an idea about something you might write and it changes. People reflect on it or you… — Matt Ross Copy Share
The first idea of Captain Fantastic was a pretty radically different one. The genesis had to do with parenting and questions about parenthood and… — Matt Ross Copy Share
