We don’t think of them as acting, but we take on certain characteristics based on where we function, and those relationships draw out aspects of who we are as people. And that’s what acting is. Different parts draw out different parts of your nature. Peter Riegert Read Quote
Ease is something that I think many admire in other people, in sports or whatever it may be. Peter Riegert Read Quote
I think when you’re younger, as an actor you have much more of a notion that you are doing something to the audience. But with experience, I think you begin to worry less about what the audience’s experience is and concentrate on working with the other actors, and that tends to let the audience do more work. Peter Riegert Read Quote
It’s a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems. Peter Riegert Read Quote
You have to have an ego to be an actor, but you need an ego just to get through life! Unless you want to sit on a corner and suck your thumb, it takes a healthy ego to get up in the morning and say, ‘I deserve to be here.’ Peter Riegert Read Quote
There are movies I’ve seen or books I’ve read that attach themselves in a way that’s greater than the ability to understand why. How do you explain that kind of connectedness? Peter Riegert Read Quote
