Jeffrey Tambor Quotes

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Jeffrey Tambor

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 8, 1944

I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a lot of questions, and people say, 'Your stories are wonderful. You should write a book.'

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They're my instructors, and every parent will understand that.

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I think everyone needs to know that I steal biscotti on Delta Airlines. People need to know that.

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You know that thing where you're trying to do the crossword puzzle, and you're trying to fit the word that's in your head in the puzzle, and then you go 'Ugh!' and you walk away, and then it comes to you. I'm interested in that moment. The release of expectation, and the release of pleasing yourself and pleasing anybody. Breaking the mindset.

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Families are families are families are families.

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That's just me and my own body issues - I think I'm fat and bald and old and ugly.

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When I was a kid, we got up, we walked a number of paces to a television, turned it on, and changed channels.

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There was one television in the living room, and we all sat around on Sundays and watched Ed Sullivan.

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I think shows being sent out this way - pressing a button and 10 episodes can go out to the U.S.A., and the U.K. and Germany, it's very cool.

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I would daydream about what it would be like to be an actor. I would even do talk shows where I interviewed myself.

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Lying and art are very allied. But after you lie, you get to the truth.

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I lost my moorings. But you know the great thing about acting? It's all part of the gig. You get to put it in your work.

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I'm interested in people's stories, so I decided to tell part of mine.

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Every family has that secret. Every family has that thing where you go, 'Shhh, shhh, shhh.'

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I do remember going shopping with my mother; I think the name of the store was Ruth Atkins. I don't know why I can remember that. It's probably because it's not the name.

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I'm the voice of a Chipotle Burrito. The world has changed.

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I don't mind if someone yells a motto out of their car at me. 'No touching! No touching!' No harm is done.

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The 'Hey now's' are delivered as people pass me. As I just get near ear range, I hear, 'Hey now!' and that's very funny.

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I am the Internet guy. But the reason the 'Onion News Empire' was such an easy decision to make is I so trust that side of the fence now.

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I cross-dressed as the judge in 'Hill Street Blues,' you know.

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