Richard Dreyfuss
I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.Collection: Teacher
My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.Collection: Running
I said to my doctor, 'You gotta testme, there's something wrong with me that I would be behaving this way.'Collection: Doctors
I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfillment of personal fantasies. It isn't just art, its about being a person I've always wanted to be, or being in a situation, or being a hero.Collection: Art
When you work in front of the people, either in a film or in television, the people who are in the room with you are not watching you work, they're working so you'd have to light a fire to get them to watch what you were doing.Collection: Fire
Tabouli is the best salad, but still, you don't win friends with saladCollection: Winning
Well, I can't (sing or dance). Actually, I sing like a seal and dance like your Uncle Leo at that wedding where he got up and went 'ya, ya, ya'.Collection: Dance
It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.Collection: Fun
People who commit adultery must die. Everyone knows that. Any movie tells you that!Collection: People
It’s fun to see the light in someone’s eyes. It’s fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That’s fun.Collection: Fun
I have more fun and more grand and glorious moments of my life than anyone I’ve never known. I know that some people call that manic-depress, and that other people call that being touched by God. I just call myself lucky.Collection: Fun