Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tamboris an American actor and voice actor, widely known for his roles as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show; George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 July 1944
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Gordon and I run our scene every night prior to the performance, just to get the cadences. I don't think Gordon would mind my telling you that.
It's everything I wanted it to be and more, ... Doing Mamet is working without a net. He's so delicious. I knew he was great, but I did not know that by doing him, you get him. It's like hearing an overture in a musical. There isn't an ounce of fat on this thing. It's great!
Those guys, Scott and Preston, had professionalism, with a capital P. It's a bygone era. I'm getting emotional talking about them.
You push a button and it goes all over the world and on Sunday people are saying, 'Oh, I binge watched all 10 of them. Where's more?' and you go oh, the world has changed. It's not my dad walking to the television set and turning a knob to Ed Sullivan.
Joe Mantello is the uber director. I wrote him a card tonight saying basically, 'Will you adopt me?'
And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.
My part had three lines. I said, You look wonderful, sir, three times. All my friends said, Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life. I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once.
This whole thing about winning and losing is muddy waters. But I can remember, as a young actor, just walking around this city and not being able to get arrested.
I don't like show business. I don't like the business. I love acting. I love this. I love talking to people.
In my life, I find that in sobriety, I feel much more. And I have much more depth.
I really loved my dad. I was very, very close to my dad. He - you know, he was very, very nervous about my being an actor.
I am not so concerned with how many Rotten Tomatoes we have - although the good reviews are to be wished for, of course - but I have my hands full in the daily housekeeping of doing Maura right and being truthful to this experience.
The most telling one was recently on a plane. This guy very dressed up and formal - the watch, the shoes, the cufflinks, the whole nine yards - he came at me, and I thought I was going to get nailed. But he literally came up to me and just gave me a hug and said, "Thank you for introducing me to a subject that I didn't know anything about." In those moments it always clicks for me what we're doing here.