I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.

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Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?

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I had a mustache when I was 13.

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With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there’s a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, ‘Hey, wake up!’

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I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

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If there’s something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I’m going to go for it.

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The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day’s over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.

David Schwimmer

I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.

David Schwimmer

It’s really important to me not to be known as Ross when I’m 60.

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It’s a job – someone’s gotta kiss Jennifer Aniston. The reality is, Jennifer and I can do our job well because we truly are friends. But when the day’s over, she goes home to her boyfriend and I go home to a magazine.

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I’m fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships.

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You’re only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can’t be a team.

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I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.

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I was a geek in high school.

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There’s nothing like a play. It’s so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

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I can’t go anywhere without being recognized. I’m.

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There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, ‘Maybe I should just leave.’

David Schwimmer