37 Quotes by Matthew Ashford

When you arrive at the set, you go from one rehearsal to the next and you struggle to get your lines out correctly and hit your marks.

You have to be awake at 6 a.m., when everyone else is asleep.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on.

Christina never called me names, which was very sweet. She said I was the only person there to support her, so she didn't want to alienate me.

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show.

For me, the joy of doing it is doodling when I want to. But if I had to do it, I'd lose the joy.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

I played a lot of character parts in school.