William Fichtner Quotes

#1. Nic is definitely a car guy because Nic and [William] Fichtner and Billy, these guys go on and on about the cars. So we had no choice but to do our research and get everything right because they were going to nail us if we didn't.

Todd Farmer

#2. What I truly get excited about is not the genre of a movie or the size of a part - it's character. I like to find characters.

William Fichtner

#3. Here's the bottom line: I can't play someone if I can't figure out what he cares about. Everybody cares about something, even a rough character. It defines where we step in life. As soon as you find out what somebody cares about, then it all gets real.

William Fichtner

#4. When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing. Now I like to really spend the time and figure it out, and rehearsal is to try something that doesn't work.

William Fichtner

#5. My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

Jeff Bridges

#6. Normal people never like me.

Blake Nelson

#7. I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.

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#8. I have no problem having any actor from anywhere play a role. I'm excited for any actor that gets a job, I truly am. Even if it's a role that I'm up for and I don't get it, I never begrudge any actor having it work out for them.

William Fichtner

#9. So what are you going to do?" "I don't know yet," I admitted, still searching the faces for the girl who had broken my heart.

Rebecca Donovan

#10. For thee, sweet month; the groves green liveries wear.
If not the first, the fairest of the year;
For thee the Graces lead the dancing hours,
And Nature's ready pencil paints the flowers.
When thy short reign is past, the feverish sun
The sultry tropic fears, and moves more slowly on.

John Dryden

#11. I've got to hit the bottom of this weird-ass rabbit hole anytime now, right?

Michael R. Underwood

#12. The greatest joy in getting ready for the film is that there aren't many reference points for the journey and you've got to define it for yourself.

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#13. It's not that there aren't people who care creatively in the world of television, but there's always a bit more time in making a movie. I always feel films are more of a creative journey.

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#14. Intuition represents a concept which is made up from lots of ideas and assumptions, not all of which will be common to everyone.

Sylvia Clare

#15. I like to really spend the time and figure it out and rehearsal is to try something that doesn't work. It's hard to do that, because you always want to go with your impulse thought and you wonder if that's the one, did that work, you know?

William Fichtner

#16. When you work on a Jerry Bruckheimer film, you can be sure of two things: no production value will be spared, and the catering will be as fine as any really really good restaurant. Jerry is an amazing producer, with a commitment to his films second to none.

William Fichtner

#17. I think that there's no doubt that to work in film is a bit more of a creative journey. It's not that I don't put the same time or heart into something that's on television.

William Fichtner

#18. Sometimes the scene is a sad scene but you have to play it with a laugh to find out that that doesn't work or that there's really a part of that in it, and that's what rehearsal is for, to take that time.

William Fichtner