David Morse

When I was in school, in eighth grade, someone recognized something in me. She was an English teacher, and we read a…

— David Morse

Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would…

— David Morse

One year, I went to Cannes with the film 'The Indian Runner' that Sean Penn directed. Everyone else in the film was…

— David Morse

I'm acting for the pleasure of it.

— David Morse

I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved…

— David Morse

I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite…

— David Morse

There's been one movie star that would not work with me because of my height. I had so many people who had…

— David Morse

I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going…

— David Morse

I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in…

— David Morse

I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get…

— David Morse

I'd never done any film or television. Well, I'd done one little stupid commercial in Boston when I was doing theater, but…

— David Morse

I gave up planning when our children were born, when I had three children to feed and a roof to keep over…

— David Morse

I try to do things I haven't been able to before.

— David Morse

I had the great good fortune of working with Christopher Plummer, Frances Sternhagen, and Arthur Hill early in my career, and it…

— David Morse

Everything is interesting to me.

— David Morse

I've had the chance to work with Christopher Plummer, one of the great stage and film actors, a couple of times, including…

— David Morse

I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them.

— David Morse

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could…

— David Morse

At 17, I became a member of the Boston Repertory Theatre. I had an opportunity pretty quickly and performed with the theater…

— David Morse

'Outsiders,' I guess, is sort of dark, but I don't really think of it as dark. The world up there on that…

— David Morse

I've done scenes in films that I felt like the performance was better in certain takes, but they couldn't use them because…

— David Morse

I've tried to let the work I do speak.

— David Morse

I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.

— David Morse

For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

— David Morse

With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He…

— David Morse