Ryan Eggold Quotes

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Ryan Eggold

Profession : Actor

Birth : August 10, 1984

I love all my fam. I have quite possibly the best dad, mom, and sister in the world.

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I'm just a guy who wears TOMS. It's the sad truth.

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Marriage, for whatever reason, has always both interested and terrified me.

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I think all of us could play the teacher because we all grew up with teachers. It's just kind of this peeking-over-the-shoulder presence that we've all grown up knowing.

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Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.

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Smoking is gross.

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One summer, my friend and I went to summer camp, and I acted in some plays there, and I fell in love with it.

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People-watching in New York while listening to Bach is kind of amazing.

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I've been on a lot of sets, and I've been around a lot of directors, and I've been working for many years now, but stepping in the shoes of being the decision maker and the guy that everybody is relying on at some point, yeah, it was challenging for sure. One thing is that you're responsible for a large group of people.

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I've been a 90-year-old man since I was 12 years old.

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With an independent film, you have a little more freedom, and you also have less money, so you're sort of struggling to get it done, to get something that works. With a big studio, everything is there for you, and it's easier.

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Doing a film with somebody who's from a different country or culture than you is very fulfilling because they bring with them different insights, experiences, cultural norms, and expectations. All of those things can sort of broaden your own understanding of things or provide a different perspective.

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It's a luxurious complaint to have as an actor, but playing the same character for many years can become routine.

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I have read a thousand screenplays, and I have acted in a handful of them, and I have felt when it feels good, the writing, and it feels natural, and feels funny or sad or honest or whatever it may be. You connect. And I felt when it feels like writing, when it feels stale, or when it feels artificial or forced, or too theatrical or whatever.

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Mick Jagger was a lightning bolt of strange talent sent from above.

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I wouldn't say I handle attention well. I'd say I stumble over pick-up lines poorly. I'm not good at any of that.

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People really give you a hard time when you wear fake glasses out to a bar.

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I think I'll always prefer theater to working in front of the camera. It seems a more distilled form of the craft.

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I never got why actors don't like it when a fan comes up to them on the street. It is cool that someone recognizes what you do and makes you feel like you live in a community.

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Jon Bokenkamp is awesome.

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