And I think for me there’s a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. – Liev Schreiber
I’ve got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there. – Liev Schreiber
I’m someone who started in the theater and really couldn’t stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don’t want to do it anymore. – Liev Schreiber
I think that everything I’ve ever done at some point is part of someone else’s legacy. – Liev Schreiber
I’m drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I’ve been drawn to other actors. – Liev Schreiber
It’s good to overexpose yourself with work. But don’t expose yourself too much with the press. – Liev Schreiber
I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career. – Liev Schreiber
I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that’s a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different. – Liev Schreiber
I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it’s a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other. – Liev Schreiber
I’m actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer. – Liev Schreiber
That’s one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. – Liev Schreiber
As soon as you know what you’re doing, you’re doing it wrong. That’s what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. – Liev Schreiber
I didn’t think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. – Liev Schreiber
My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. – Liev Schreiber
Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it’s hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you’re talking the whole time. But it’s a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. – Liev Schreiber
You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. – Liev Schreiber
The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don’t really think about it as a regular person. – Liev Schreiber
No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you’re in a place like New York or D.C., you just can’t beat it, and it’s so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it’s pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto. – Liev Schreiber
It’s finding time for each other. That’s the trick to any relationship, you know. Finding time to really be present for each other. – Liev Schreiber