And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you’re committing to another six years. David Schwimmer Read Quote
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. David Schwimmer Read Quote
I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success. David Schwimmer Read Quote
I think the other honest attraction was that I just grew up loving watching TV and loving watching film, and there’s so many directors and actors that I dreamed of working with, I just really wanted to take a crack at it and see if I could ever work with some of those. David Schwimmer Read Quote
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film. David Schwimmer Read Quote
And, again, I’m the first one to say that I’m not going be successful at everything. David Schwimmer Read Quote
I love directing. It’s something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years. David Schwimmer Read Quote
When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers’ market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic. David Schwimmer Read Quote