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Ron Livingston
American
Actor
About the author
In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Tennis
#Corporate
It's kinda cool seeing people having real fights with people they really know.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#People
They're either going to fire you or they're not. They can only fire you. That's all they can do. They can't take your thumbs.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Fire
There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Being
#Faces
The real intimidating stuff is the scene where you show up for the first day. You kind of square off, and that is where you look each other in the eye.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Eye
#Day
#First
Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Life
#Chess
It's got to be weird to sit in an office all day and deal with these creative types without having any idea of what they do or how they do it.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Day
#Idea
#Office
It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Right
#Play
#Cards
If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#People
#Funny
I would worry if people always associated me with Larry Sokolov.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#People
#Worry
I don't always get to do a lot of bad guys.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Talent
#Waiting
Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#Time
#Violence
A lot of the stuff I have done had been not only the likable guy, but like the nice likable guy.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#World
#End
#Money
#Jobs
Management don't really have any problem at all with firing people. It's a powerful idea that, If I'm not happy, I'll quit. I'll try something else!
Ron Livingston,
American
Actor
#People
#Idea
#Management