I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor.

Liev Schreiber

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

Liev Schreiber

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

Liev Schreiber

I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.

Liev Schreiber

You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety.

Liev Schreiber

I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing.

Liev Schreiber

I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses.

Liev Schreiber

That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater.

Liev Schreiber

It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.

Liev Schreiber

There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.

Liev Schreiber

The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me.

Liev Schreiber

I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor.

Liev Schreiber

I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other.

Liev Schreiber

I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

Liev Schreiber

I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me.

Liev Schreiber

I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.

Liev Schreiber

You should never ask actors about politics.

Liev Schreiber

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

Liev Schreiber

Home is New York.

Liev Schreiber

My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true.

Liev Schreiber

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'

Liev Schreiber