63 Quotes by Giovanni Ribisi

What an actor says is much, much less important than a life, so that’s the great use for improvisation; you go, you find the life and then you add the words.

I’ve been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I’ve managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I’m very thankful.

There’s the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

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.

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it’s about first the director. I want to be a part of something that’s good and intellectually challenging. After the director it’s the character and the story. That’s the deal for me.

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.

I want to be a part of something that’s good and intellectually challenging.

I was on 'Junior Star Search' when I was 10 years old, in the acting category. The adult version of 'Star Search' didn't have an acting category, but for the kids, they had an acting category. It was the strangest thing. It was full blown 1980s, with big hair, mullets, and the whole deal.

I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful.