32 Quotes by Richard Schiff

I have to admit I’ve rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living a block from where I grew up. Just to be back in New York and, quite honestly, away from Hollywood has been an absolute thrill for me. I feel like I’m a real actor again.

I’ve been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I’ve later regretted.

Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written – then it’s completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.

It was tough doing ‘Underneath the Lintel’ in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage was great, but off-stage was difficult.

I wanna be in action movies, I wanna be the tough guy... I wanna scare people.