Eric Stoltz famous quotes

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Running #Kids #Our World

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Independent #Roles #Tvs

But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Character #Stories #Actors

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Taken #Years #Gentleman

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Years #Play #Piano

On the other hand, I would've been exceedingly rich, which would've been wonderful!
-- Eric Stoltz

#Hands #Wonderful #Rich

When you're in a movie, they treat you like you're four years old and give you whatever you want. On some level it's really wonderful and gratifying, but on another level it's rather disturbing. I'm sure you've spoken to movie stars and wondered: How do these people survive without babysitters?
-- Eric Stoltz

#Stars #Years #People

Look, I'm an actor, I don't profess to understand much of anything
-- Eric Stoltz

#Looks #Actors

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Hate #Technology #Typewriters

I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Years #Challenges #Lasts

Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Thinking #Phones #Cells

I'm interested in doing movies I wouldn't normally be interested in doing.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Movie

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Fashion #Dark #Thinking

To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I send out shot lists, act out the scenes, and search for a theme that I can relate to. It's my favorite time of the process.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Lists #Scratches #My Favorite

I consider myself a very lucky man indeed.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Men #Lucky #Lucky Man

My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Lying #Reading #Phones

Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?
-- Eric Stoltz

#Home #Talking #Trying

I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Cutting #Cnn #Trying

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Fun #Hard Times #Levels

I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Real #Believe #Zippers

I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that was actually in the United States.
-- Eric Stoltz

#United States #Stories #Film

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Admiration And Respect #Actors #Admiration

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Hands #Directors

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Men #Lucky #Able

I was up for Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather,' but, as I was only 10 at the time, I think Mr. Coppola made the right choice. The Julia Roberts role in 'Pretty Woman' held a bizarre allure for me. But, it's silly to look back with regret.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Regret #Silly #Thinking

I have several dogs and several cats who aren't really mine. In fact, they think that I am theirs. I'd like to have some goats and chickens, but I travel around too much.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Dog #Cat #Thinking

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.
-- Eric Stoltz

#College #Cameras #Directors

My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Actors #Firsts #Film

I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'
-- Eric Stoltz

#Practice #Episodes

Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of experience, and the older you are the more you have to draw on.
-- Eric Stoltz

#People #Tragedy #Relationships Ending

There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling.
-- Eric Stoltz

#Independent #Accomplishment #Bucks