I think in some ways, acting and writing are the same. You’re getting inside the skin of someone else; you’re creating their language and their actions. As a writer, you have to see the whole picture and the structure, and you have to understand every character. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn’t exist there. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was in the theatre-dork clique. Not to be confused with the musical-theatre-dork clique. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
I was playing a defensive guard in ‘My All American’ who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn’t too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
Writing is something I’ve always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
At first, before you meet her, you’re like, ‘I’m gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I’m talking to Angelina Jolie!’ And then, within a matter of five minutes, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m just talking to my director,’ and it’s just back to work. She really is all about the work. She’s so surprisingly down-to-earth. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
Ryan Murphy, he basically tries to find something that’s a pulse, a pressure point in our culture, and he grabs it, and he squeezes it. I think ‘Freak Show’ has a lot to do with the entertainment industry and the way we entertain ourselves: the objectification of people and the lengths we’ll go for our own amusement. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for camera. I made myself watch myself every day. I would sort of try and be objective about it and critique myself a little. There’s a lot more skill set than people realize in soap operas. They shoot, like, 35 scenes a day. Finn Wittrock Read Quote
