Stanley Tucci Quotes

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Stanley Tucci

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 11, 1960

I write in the mornings. During my down time.

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But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next month and a half.

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You gotta make the movie you want to make.

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The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.

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I never go overbudget on my movies.

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I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.

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I like to see how I can do it for less money.

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And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

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I'm not saying they won't be bigger projects someday.

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I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

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So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

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My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

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It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.

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Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

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I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

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I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.

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I can remember the World's Fair in New York in 1964; I was three.

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I would love to have my hair back and to be two inches taller - I am 5 ft. 8 in.

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I wanted to be an architect, an artist, or an actor.

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My late wife - she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn't be in that room because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn't be able to take care of the kids after.

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