I had been acting since I was a kid. I had done 35 plays in New York before ‘Serious Man,’ but you never know what putting one foot in front of the other is going to do. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
I saw a production of ‘Titus Andronicus’ at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Brian Cox back in 1987. That sort of rocked my world. It was a remarkable production in its simplicity and its realism and passion. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
Had I pursued a film career in Los Angeles, I’m not sure I would have had the fortune that I’ve had. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
I find if you can look in the mirror and see something other than the face you see every day, it can free you up in terms of who you play. Wearing a mask can free you up. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
There’s a lot of noise in the world. And one of the beautiful things about doing theater and film is the absence of that noise or, perhaps, the adding of that noise where it’s helpful in telling the story. I’m always trying to get rid of that noise. The more you do it, the better you get. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
Doing film and television demands a kind of simplicity. If you think something differently, the camera will pick it up. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
I love throwing myself into people who actually lived. It gives me a lot to research and a lot to know. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
I think it’s always a challenge to adapt a beautiful literary work into a fresh and alive film. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
I did a play back in 2005 called ‘The Pillowman,’ which Martin McDonagh directed, in which, at the very end of the run, I caught a case of shingles. I had something burst on my forehead, so I actually have a mark on my forehead from that experience. But it’s also an internal mark as well. Michael Stuhlbarg Read Quote
