David Schwimmer

The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.

I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable.

I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm.

It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.

Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway.

I love directing. It's something I started doing in theatre when I was in university in Chicago and I started a theatre company right out of college and was directing for many years.

I love dogs.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.

There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'

I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.

Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.