There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it’s really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that’s the equation. There’s no real way around that. That said, you don’t ever make decisions solely for that reason. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It’s a really frightening life. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven’t been the star of a hit film. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
I see myself as a character actor, and I’ve always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I’ve never been that comfortable playing people that are like me. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you’re dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
Well, I’ve never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
People are always going to identify with what it’s like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things. Alessandro Nivola Read Quote
