Corey Stoll
People say the 'Lost Generation' in a romantic sense, but I think it was tragic. They were really lost.Collection: Romantic
What was so brilliant about 'Girls' was that they allowed their characters to be ludicrous and selfish and faulted but didn't shy away from a deeper psychological foundation for that neuroses.
You can make bad writing 'OK,' but... you really need to start with a good script and with characters that are three-dimensional and with great dialogue. It's a difficult lesson to learn because good writing is hard to come by, but it's definitely worth chasing.
The good guy is only as strong as the bad guy.
The thing is that, often if you have time to research a role, sometimes it's hard to know exactly where to start.
I think part of being masculine is not needing to prove it and not needing to answer for it.
It's funny; I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't fix a car. I think it's my point of view and the way I see the world.
I can walk down the street and nobody knows who I am.
I don't feel secure at all. I don't know what actor would feel they've made it. I feel like I'm just starting.
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.
Yes, I'm a New Yorker, born and bred. While I'm not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.
In terms of my free time, I really don't have much. The time I do have, I enjoy being domestic and spending time with my girlfriend, hiking and playing tennis.
There's a ton of stories that can come out of L.A. I actually think that even though I enjoy being in New York more, I think that L.A. is a really fascinating place.
I grew up really into comic books, and I actually thought I was going to be a comic-book artist. That was my ambition before I realized I couldn't keep characters looking the same from panel to panel.
I was not into B-movies. A lot of it is sloppy.
I made a choice in my career to not get hair plugs and not hide the fact that I was balding, and I've managed to play all sorts of characters who have shaved heads.
My wife was pregnant while we were promoting 'Ant-Man,' and that was very exciting, to see, like, action figures of myself, as we're getting the nursery ready.
It's not necessarily the most compelling thing for a liberal like myself to be making an impassioned plea for the divine rights of kings and for observing the hierarchy of order, of class and authority.
I started with superhero stuff - 'X-Men' and 'Spider-Man' and 'Batman' and 'Hellboy' - but I wasn't familiar with 'The Strain' until I started the show.
It's a challenge to turn a book series into a television series; you need to keep people on their toes, but you also want to be true to the source material.
In some ways, it's easier to be the lead. Week after week, scene after scene, the rhythms of filming force you to peel away a certain amount of artifice. When you're on set that much, there's a license to let the character emerge from the work itself.
Working outdoors in the Delacorte Theater is always challenging.
In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act.
A play is not a tweet. It can't be compressed and embedded, and it definitely can't be delivered apologetically.
The very act of saying anything more nuanced than 'us good, them bad' is under attack, and I'm proud to stand with artists who do.
I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. And there was kind of a poetic justice to losing something I was hiding behind.
My parents met when they were 16 and bonded over the antiwar movement.
My parents never had to tell me about the birds and the bees, you know? It was very out in the open.
Good writing is everything.
After college, I was an intern at the New York Theater Workshop. In the mornings, I would build sets and hang lights, and in the afternoon, I would be the reader for auditions.
If I could grill for breakfast, I would.
Growing up, I used to babysit, but, thinking back on what I was like at 15, this was probably a terrible idea.
When you're in a theater, it's about reaching the back rows. When you have a camera in your face, it's just about knowing the size of the room.
What's really fun as the villain is working to get the audience to hate you.
I think, sometimes, actors having a holistic view of what they're in can be overrated. Especially when you're playing somebody as narcissistic and self-involved as Ernest Hemingway, it doesn't really matter what else is in the script.
I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, which is the same thing.Collection: Real
It's funny I'm in some ways hopelessly masculine, but I don't fish, I don't hunt, I'm not that into sports. I can't fix a car. I think it's my point of view and the way I see the world.Collection: Sports
Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.Collection: New York
I don't know an actor who hasn't let himself down at some point. I imagine it's the same in politics. There's always the potential to self sabotage.Collection: Self
I think we all understand disappointing yourself. Especially in the acting profession, which is probably similar to a political career, even the most stable, head-on-straight person is still going to be confronted with doing something that they shouldn't, that could affect their job or cause them not to be at their best - even if it's something as simple as taking a red eye for an audition at 6 a.m. the next morning and you know you'll be dragging.Collection: Morning
It's sort of cliche, but when you're playing drunk, your character is trying to appear sober.Collection: Character
I really feel incredibly fortunate to not be stereotyped. And it's something that I and my representatives are very keen on preserving.Collection: Feels
I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not how I learned to become an actor. Acting is creating a character.Collection: Character
Having an opportunity to play different characters, and work in different mediums, that's what's fun. The worst question you could be asked is, "What do you like better, film, television or theater?"Collection: Fun
Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good or bad.Collection: Book
Certain media attracts more pulpy or low-brow things, especially when they're young. Finding the best story, in any particular medium, is going to be as good, in any other medium.Collection: Media