26 Quotes by Peter Riegert

In 2000, I realized I had reached that certain age when the parts get scarcer. So I decided to try my hand at directing.

It never occurs to me that acting with a superstar is something to worry about. I figure the bigger the better because more will be demanded of me.

It's a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems.

Setting a movie in an earlier age gives it a mythical quality.

Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask.

You realize Shakespeare wasn't stuck for an idea when he said, 'All the world's a stage.'

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn't know that because you're taking out the things that don't work. There's no comparison to the theater because it's live. But making a movie is just as challenging and exciting, I find. A movie is pure process. The theater is the result of process.

I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.