Stephen Root

My whole career, I've tried to bounce back and forth between everything, and not get typed out. I've done a pretty good…

— Stephen Root

People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows…

— Stephen Root

In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely…

— Stephen Root

In TV, when you're doing guest roles, you're gliding into a zone where people are already very comfortable. They go in and…

— Stephen Root

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a…

— Stephen Root

Movies are an editor's medium.

— Stephen Root

When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We did…

— Stephen Root

I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your…

— Stephen Root

It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memorizing lines, and you don't have…

— Stephen Root

I've been able to do a lot of interesting things.

— Stephen Root

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I…

— Stephen Root

The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.

— Stephen Root

I was a big comic book fan from 13 on.

— Stephen Root

I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan.

— Stephen Root

Researching real people and doing them, I think, is harder than anything else. You don't want to do a caricature of them…

— Stephen Root

I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while.

— Stephen Root

The ratio of people to cake is too big.

— Stephen Root

You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do…

— Stephen Root

I'm lucky I get to work a lot.

— Stephen Root

It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go.

— Stephen Root

Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I…

— Stephen Root

I would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.

— Stephen Root

It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me…

— Stephen Root