Most actors will tell you this - I don't really know how to connect, empathize with, or make worthy of any revelation a character that doesn't have love in there somewhere, that doesn't have an idealism or an empathy in… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Most actors will tell you, when they've got emotional stuff that's hard to carry around for hours and hard to try to do justice too, it just beats your butt. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I got to meet one Chief of Staff: Sam Skinner. He was Chief of Staff at the end of George Sr.'s White House. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I get people saying, 'Opera is too large a canvas for me. I don't love it. I love movies that feel almost like documentaries,'… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
This kind of one-on-one connection of tweeting, I've really grown to get a kick out of. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I don't have much estimation of my abilities as a director, but I found I loved class and loved process and loved practice. And… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Everything about camera movement, about how film was made, shot architecture, and time management... I was horrible at all that. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I've been blessed. Starting with Steppenwolf Theater and onward, learning from wonderful actors and getting to play with wonderful actors. — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Gary Sinise and I go the furthest back of the Steppenwolf people; we were both saved from academic mediocrity as sophomores by being cast… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
I get cast gay a fair amount throughout my life. It's not the first time. Matt [Letscher] was kind of like, 'Jeff, um, I'm… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
During 'Anna Christie,' the biggest challenge I had was working with my daughter and sort of not stopping and asking an audience member for… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image
Television is so neat; I grew up doing theater, and I've done a bit of film. I know I'm stating the obvious, but it's… — Jeff Perry Copy Share Image