And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don’t always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I’m at a restaurant, I’ll think, ‘Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?’ – Liev Schreiber
I’m misrepresented as a scary person. I’m not. It’s all about my size and my eyebrows. – Liev Schreiber
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. – Liev Schreiber
If you fall in love with somebody you’re working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. – Liev Schreiber
I was a writer. I just wasn’t a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I’d be a better actor than I would a playwright. – Liev Schreiber
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. – Liev Schreiber
There’s nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It’s the best feeling in the world. – Liev Schreiber
When you’re in a place like New York or D.C. you just can’t beat it, and it’s so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. – Liev Schreiber
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. – Liev Schreiber
I really don’t think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood. – Liev Schreiber
Well, I don’t think I’ve ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there’s a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. – Liev Schreiber
Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone’s personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics. – Liev Schreiber
I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that’s a lot of what acting is. – Liev Schreiber
I think it’s really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you’re going to do. – Liev Schreiber
Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They’re generally smarter and more interesting, but they’re often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. – Liev Schreiber
During ‘Manchurian Candidate’ – that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it. – Liev Schreiber
If I’m doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. – Liev Schreiber
