Finn Wittrock

I caught the acting bug from my dad.

— Finn Wittrock

Ryan Murphy, he basically tries to find something that's a pulse, a pressure point in our culture, and he grabs it, and…

— Finn Wittrock

I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so…

— Finn Wittrock

You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you…

— Finn Wittrock

I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a…

— Finn Wittrock

We all have monsters inside of us, and we all have an inner child in us. You always think about your inner…

— Finn Wittrock

What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.

— Finn Wittrock

In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it…

— Finn Wittrock

Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for…

— Finn Wittrock

I think in some ways, acting and writing are the same. You're getting inside the skin of someone else; you're creating their…

— Finn Wittrock

The best villains are the nicest guys in person.

— Finn Wittrock

A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director,…

— Finn Wittrock

Doing theater anywhere, especially in L.A., is a constant uphill battle, and there's also the unsexy parts of the business that you're…

— Finn Wittrock

I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,'…

— Finn Wittrock

I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something.…

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I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was…

— Finn Wittrock

Physically, I was always moving. I was always a little jittery.

— Finn Wittrock

That's one of my real goals is to keep theater in my life.

— Finn Wittrock

You want to give the director what they want, and you don't always know exactly how it goes, so you want to…

— Finn Wittrock

I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn't exist there.

— Finn Wittrock

I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training…

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I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.

— Finn Wittrock

I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of…

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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots…

— Finn Wittrock

At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a…

— Finn Wittrock