63 Quotes by Giovanni Ribisi


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    If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.

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    A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.

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    I'm definitely one of those people that what comes into my head falls out of my mouth. That's a way for me to be even more creative, to sort of get the ball rolling and start parlaying off of somebody and interacting. That charge or that friction sometimes - if it's positive or negative - is inspiring, and it gets people to be I think creative, maybe.

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    I’m old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it’s important.

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    I’m really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won’t put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It’s the choices I have made.

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    For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I’m taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you’re doing yourself an injustice.

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