91 Quotes by Adrian Grenier

I think anybody who’s famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who’s looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

It’s what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about ‘Entourage’ is everything we do is realistic. We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It’s a perfect marriage between fact and fiction.

I’m a filmmaker, I’m a storyteller, an entertainer, if you will, so what can I do to participate? Well, I’m not a scientist; I’m not an expert on environmental law; I’m a guy that can tell stories. So I always look for a way to communicate ideas and help to spread excitement for change.

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you’re performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they’re chuffed – they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

You ask any actor – they’ll tell you they’d rather shoot on location because you don’t have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

I’m one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there’s no escaping it. We’re like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I’ll die.

I think it’s important that we run that tension between the way things are, in terms of the way we’re governed, and the way we sort of become complacent.

We learn from each other. We learn from others' mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives.

I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.