26 Quotes by Peter Riegert

We don't think of them as acting, but we take on certain characteristics based on where we function, and those relationships draw out aspects of who we are as people. And that's what acting is. Different parts draw out different parts of your nature.

In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was something else, but it was a harbinger of what was to come.

There are times when you have to fight for something you believe in, that you love.

You have to have an ego to be an actor, but you need an ego just to get through life! Unless you want to sit on a corner and suck your thumb, it takes a healthy ego to get up in the morning and say, 'I deserve to be here.'

As a matter of fact, part of being Jewish is the whole question of what it is to be a Jew.

Ease is something that I think many admire in other people, in sports or whatever it may be.

I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.

I apply the three gag rule, which is if I can read a script without gagging more than three times, then maybe I can say yes to this job.

I like Guinness, and that will make anyone Irish. That and soda bread, and I'm good to go.