Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiberis an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of horror films, Phantoms, The Sum of All Fears, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Salt, Taking Woodstock, Goon, and Oscar Best Picture winner Spotlight...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 October 1967
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
He was very supportive of me, ... He saw every single play I did in New York. Ill never forget looking out into the audience and watching my brother, who was 40 years younger than my grandfather, sleeping in his chair during some of my early plays. My grandfather Alex never fell asleep.
I've always been more interested in the audience than I have in the plays. I like that idea of all those people sitting in the dark together. It's kind of fun.
I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.
Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.
You should never ask actors about politics.
I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.
I think people respond to truthful, simple narrative, and the more you try to dress it up to try and do something else, the harder it is for people to relate to.
Ever since I was a little kid I was obsessed with films, and I always wanted to make them
The best gig is the one you've got.
Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.
Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played them, and will be around long after I play them. Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors.