52 Quotes by Richard Jenkins

There are so many things that go into a movie that it's amazing that anything gets made anyway.

I can't think of a lot of bad directors I've worked with, really.

When I go to the movies, I want to see a human being dealing with their lives. That's all I ask.

If I'm playing a bad guy, and I'm playing him evilly - I'm making him evil; I'm being evil because I want the audience to understand that he's bad - or if I have a line that's funny, I do it in a comedic way, that, to me, is a lie. It's dead when I watch it.

Sometimes, I can read a great script, and I don't like the part, or I don't think I'm right for it. I mean, there are times I've read really great parts and think there's so many other actors who could do this better than me. And I just say no to it.

It's like, in movies where you talk to the audience 90 percent of the time, it's - you kind of want to stay away from that stuff. But, you know - but to write exposition brilliantly is hard.

I worked with Mike Nichols. First time I worked with Mike Nichols, I just really loved this man.

'My character wouldn't do that.' That was always my favorite thing people say: 'My character wouldn't do that.' I said, 'Well, it says right here in this script your character does that.'

I understand being alone. I understand not liking it, wishing for something else.