Jeffrey Tambor Quotes

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Jeffrey Tambor

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 8, 1944

The shedding of any clothes, when you're 70 years old, is tricky.

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My wife thought I was Vincent Schiavelli, and we married.

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There are times between five and seven when this house is like a bowling alley, but it's reinspired me. My acting has gotten better because of these kids. I feel the same spirit I did when I was doing Off-Broadway.

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If you see 'Pollock,' I weighed almost 270 pounds.

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I wanted to do well for me and for Maura. It is bigger than me. I have a responsibility. It's incumbent upon me to do Maura the best I can.

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Some people have a mandate that you can't change.

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Usually when you act, you know where you're going, where the point is.

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I am a huge believer - I always have been - in the power of comedy. That comedy will break hatred and will bring understanding.

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We are part of the zeitgeist, and we are communicating in a human, real way.

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I think most of my heroes are not the traditional types. A guy I was fascinated with was Buster Keaton. I just love what he did. I love that mug.

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The brilliance of Jill Soloway is that while some people will give you Season Two, plus 10%, she's just kicked it.

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People are identifying not only with the trans movement, but also the Pfefferman family. What I am noticing is people are coming up on the street and talking about their life and their family, and they say, 'Your family is just like mine.'

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I'm really aging myself, but I grew up with 'Playhouse 90' and the plays on the air - 90 minute plays.

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You see kids walking to the bus, and they're watching product on their phones. I'm positive that my grandkids and their grandkids are going to put on a pair of glasses and watch something.

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What's interesting about playing Maura is that I get to use more of Jeffrey that I've ever used in any role, and I think that's the remarkable part about it and truly the most surprising part about doing this role.

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I was bar mitzvahed at Beth Shalom, and I had trouble. I didn't quite get it all.

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'Dad, Dad, I'm getting married.' 'Sh-sh, don't say it. Nothing, nothing. Don't do anything.' So he honestly - 'cause he was taught don't celebrate - they'll take it away from you. And his parents were taught that, and his parents and parents' parents. Because if you did celebrate, and you were visible, it could be very, very dangerous.

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I was with Robert Preston in 'Sly Fox.'

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I get up and cook for my kids, who really like my scrambled eggs. Or we make pancakes and the requisite bacon. The kids either play or watch cartoons, and Daddy gets to read the 'New York Times' and do his puzzle.

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The Tambors were conservative Jews, and we attended Temple Beth Shalom at 14th Avenue and Clement Street in San Francisco. We were the only Jewish family for miles. To me, being Jewish meant 'otherness.'

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