David Morse
David Morse
David Bowditch Morseis an American actor, singer, director and writer. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama series St. Elsewhere. He continued his film career with roles in The Negotiator, Contact, The Green Mile, Disturbia, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Rock and 12 Monkeys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 October 1953
CityBeverly, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I think that's really risky to make yourself unsexy, because the business demands that women be sexy.
Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.
I just figured, "If I can do theater, agents will find their way."
A lot of the things I've enjoyed the most and that I think have been the best are ensembles.
For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.
When I was in school, in eighth grade, someone recognized something in me. She was an English teacher, and we read a play out loud in class, and she asked me to read one of the roles. I'd never done anything like that before, but something just lit up.
I didn't want to do television at all. I really didn't want to do it. I really thought I was just going to be doing theater and doing movies.
I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite movies, and it really was a fun movie.
I thought, "I don't want to be the only unfunny guy in this movie. I really would like to be somehow involved in the comedy if I'm going to do it."
The real future of the Hispanic targeted media and advertising is in English.
What I didn't realize is that the writing process for comedies is that you do your table read, and if you aren't funny on that first day during the table read, they take your jokes away and give them to somebody else.
I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way.
You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again.
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.