Greg Kinnear
Greg Kinnear
Gregory Buck "Greg" Kinnearis an American actor and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in As Good as It Gets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 June 1963
CityLogansport, IN
CountryUnited States of America
jobs drama people
Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?
teacher drama school
I had interest in acting. I started as a drama major in college. I got to school and said, "What am I going to do with this?" But I didn't know anybody in the business, and it seemed like - I don't know. I had a teacher who said "Less than 1 percent of you will ever make a living being an actor." That was how we opened the semester.
brother spring father
My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move, so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.
kids class quiet
I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.
doors airports long
I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.
kids years play
In my sophomore year, a kid told me that the secret to getting women is to play really, really hard to get. I followed his advice, and I didn't have so much as a date that year.
opportunity goal trying
Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C.
moving thinking parent
I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.
effort trying vortex
I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.
ruins concepts
I have always been interested in the concept of ruin.
closets wells organized
I have a very well organized closet.
hard-work hard
I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.
faces earth wanted
I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched.
maps benefits clear
I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.