David Schwimmer

“There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.”

“Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.”

“I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America.”

“I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm.”

“I think I'm a very very nice director. Very supportive, very nurturing. I definitely try to challenge my actors but I think I'm very supportive.”

“The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.”

“There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'”

“If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.”

“I started in theater. I did theater professionally for seven years with my company before I started doing 'Friends.' I was waiting tables and doing theater.”

“Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.”

“I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.”

“אני לא חושב שאי פעם ארצה לשחק את רוס. הסוף של 'חברים' נראה לי מושלם, ואני לא יכול לדמיין שנוכל לשנות משהו.”

“אני לא חושב שהגבתי טוב מאוד לתהילה הפתאומית ולאובדן הפרטיות. היו כמה רגעים שהיו די טראומטיים עבורי. אני זוכר שרק הלכתי לשדה התעופה והלכתי לשער שלי, כששמעתי צרחות מקפיאות דם וחשבתי שמישהו נהרג. לפני שידעתי, קבוצה של בנות רצה לעברי וממש גוררת אותי ולא מרשה לי ללכת.”

“למען האמת, אני מרגיש שיש לי חובה להשתמש במעמד הסלבריטאות שלי בצורה חיובית.”

“זה מרגיש טוב להיות נדיב או לעשות דברים למען אחרים, כך שאיני עושה זאת משום שאני מקווה שקראמה תחזור אליי ואפיק תועלת מכך.”

“אני מאד נאמן לחברים שלי ואני באמת מעריך חברויות.”

“חצי מהזמן שלי אני חי את חיי ובחצי השני אני מנתח זאת.”

“אני מאד מכוון מטרה.”

“With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'”

“And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.”