A biography for Liev Schreiberhasn’t been written yet.
“You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety.”
“I went to school in Massachusetts at Hampshire College.”
“I'm terrible with big parties.”
“If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.”
“Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.”
“I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other.”
“I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.”
“The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.”
“It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.”
“A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.”
“Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.”
“I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.”
“Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.”
“I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.”
“Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.”
“You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes.”
“I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.”
“I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me.”
“We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.”
“Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.”