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> [The main thing on film is you want to be innocent to the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/the-main-thing-on-film-is-you-want-to-be-innocent-to-the-moment/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

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## More by Richard Jenkins

> [I always loved movies. I wanted to be in them! I always saw them and said, 'How do you do that?' It seemed like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/i-always-loved-movies-i-wanted-to-be-in-them-i-always-saw-them-and/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [The end comes, no matter what. The only thing that matters is, how do you want to go out, on your feet or on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/the-end-comes-no-matter-what-the-only-thing-that-matters-is-how-do/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> ['My character wouldn't do that.' That was always my favorite thing people say: 'My character wouldn't do that.' I said, 'Well, it says right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/my-character-wouldn-t-do-that-that-was-always-my-favorite-thing/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [Any time you die in a film, it's not real, so it's all kind of fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/any-time-you-die-in-a-film-it-s-not-real-so-it-s-all-kind-of-fun/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [A Western would be good. I'd love to do a Western.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/a-western-would-be-good-i-d-love-to-do-a-western/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [When there is tension, arguments and money problems, it's tough to do your work. Some people thrive on that. I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/when-there-is-tension-arguments-and-money-problems-it-s-tough-to-do/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [Nobody feels like an adult. It's the world's dirty secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/nobody-feels-like-an-adult-it-s-the-world-s-dirty-secret/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [When I go to the movies, I want to see a human being dealing with their lives. That's all I ask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/when-i-go-to-the-movies-i-want-to-see-a-human-being-dealing-with/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [Losing a parent makes you realize how temporary everything is - you're looking through someone's whole life in a drawer, and they're very simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/losing-a-parent-makes-you-realize-how-temporary-everything-is-you-re/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [I worked with Mike Nichols. First time I worked with Mike Nichols, I just really loved this man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/i-worked-with-mike-nichols-first-time-i-worked-with-mike-nichols-i/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/i-was-an-only-child-and-i-spent-a-lot-of-time-alone-my-dad-was-an/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/i-don-t-watch-the-dailies-you-want-to-just-turn-in-your-resignation/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [You never know if it's any good until people respond to it. You know how it feels when you do it, but there's so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/you-never-know-if-it-s-any-good-until-people-respond-to-it-you-know/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [It's like, in movies where you talk to the audience 90 percent of the time, it's - you kind of want to stay away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/it-s-like-in-movies-where-you-talk-to-the-audience-90-percent-of-the/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

> [But I loved making Eat Pray Love, and I loved working with Julia Roberts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/but-i-loved-making-eat-pray-love-and-i-loved-working-with-julia/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

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