41 Quotes by Stephen Root

My influences are people like Burgess Meredith, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney. Really good character actors than stars because they do more interesting things. Some of your favorite movies are ones you visit again are due to the great character actors in them.

People are on their computers more than watching TV, because you can only watch voyeur TV, which is basically what reality shows are, for so long.

Television sitcom means a little play each week in front of a live audience. On film, you might spend all day on one scene, doing it from different angles, and they can be more interesting sometimes due to the script, or nature of the project. So I enjoy both mediums for different reasons.

It's so hard to make a living as an actor, with 95% of the SAG members unemployed at one time. That includes all the different unions, too, that unless you HAVE to do it, that it's in your soul and you MUST do it you feel, don't do it.

Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.

I'm lucky I get to work a lot.

I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan.

I was a big comic book fan from 13 on.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.