I can’t imagine something worse than scripts being written into a tunnel, thinking, ‘I don’t know when this ends. I don’t know.’ It usually ends when people get sick of it, but I think it’s great when it gets to end on its own terms. Justin Theroux Read Quote
If you’re satirizing something, you’re hitting at something that’s real and true, and putting it on its head, and we did that with ‘Tropic Thunder.’ Justin Theroux Read Quote
Writing is harder than acting. I enjoy acting for just the brevity with which you can be in the experience of doing it. Writing is kind of more satisfying in that you’re creating a world and doing something that feels bigger, but it’s very time consuming and has a higher threshold for failure. Justin Theroux Read Quote
If there’s a microphone and a couple of Pink tracks, I’ll step up. ‘Get the Party Started’ is a great start to any karaoke. Justin Theroux Read Quote
When you hear about people in the ’50s getting married at 20, you’re like, ‘What were they thinking?’ My grandparents were together for over 50 years. Justin Theroux Read Quote
I’d love to be one of those guys who could be like, ‘Yeah, it’s really exhausting,’ but the truth is I’m not method. I don’t take roles home. Justin Theroux Read Quote
I’m a big believer that the reception is not the endeavor. And what I enjoy about almost all my work is the endeavor, the doing of something. Justin Theroux Read Quote
I can speak passable Mandarin. I will not be translating at the U.N. anytime soon. Justin Theroux Read Quote
If I had to write long-form stuff with descriptions of rooms, it would be so boring for me. I like writing dialogue and jokes and situational stuff. Justin Theroux Read Quote
You can get stuff done in New York that you can’t in Los Angeles. If you wanted to get some milk and get your shoes repaired and drop something off at the dry cleaner, that’s an all-day adventure in Los Angeles. In New York, you can bang that out in half an hour. Justin Theroux Read Quote
