56 Quotes by Peter Jacobson

I can play a Jewish guy, another Jewish guy, and then another Jewish guy, and then maybe a Cuban guy. Or at least a Middle Eastern guy. But for me, they're all Jews.

If it's a good role, I'm happy to play it.

Woody Allen, that was a dream come true, although I never really talked to him. Auditioning was fun, because you don't really hear much about the script. They just said, "They want a Woody Allen type," so of course I got the call.

I'm a huge, huge sports fan. A massive sports fan.

Sports and politics are basically all I really care about or talk about.

I'm always an agent or a lawyer or a doctor or a banker. I'm always wearing a tie.

I was a greasy short-order cook. I just liked being greasy! That was a real departure for me.

Every actor wants to do more, because you always think you can improve it.

Path To War was the last thing that John Frankenheimer directed, I think, before he died. I'm a huge U.S. history buff, and I studied the Vietnam era in college, so when I read the script, I was, like, "I really want to be in this thing so badly..."