Jeffrey Tambor Quotes

• When I got this role, my daughter Molly said, ‘Dad, you’ve come full circle.

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• 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.

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• The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else’s performances.

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• 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.

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• My education was doing good plays and also stinkers. When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. I like having to audition. It’s nice to do rehearsals. But it’s with an audience that you get to love it!

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• I remember going to Bob Preston’s dressing room because I was losing a laugh – as you do in a long run. He said, ‘Give me the script. That’s where you’re going off the road.’ That’s comedy. It’s never the line itself; it’s in the foundation.

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• I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.

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• I love this company. I don’t know how it was selected. It’s a bunch of machers. They mean business.

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• I came to New York late; I was already past 30.

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• As my manager says, ‘These are wonderful problems.’

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• And I’d watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.

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Jeffrey Tambor (11)

Birth:	8th July, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Voice Artist

About

Jeffrey Michael Tambor was born in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an American actor and voice artist. He received one Golden Globe, one Screen Actors Guild and two Emmy Awards. His role in several films include: Saturday the 14th, Three O'Clock High, Pastime, City Slickers, A House in the Hills, Heavyweights, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, My Boss's Daughter, The Hangover, Lucky, Branded, The D Train, and The Accountant. His role in television include: The Ropers (TV series), Hill Street Blues (TV serial), Mr. Sunshine (TV series), Max Headroom (TV series), Studio 5-B (TV series), American Dreamer (TV series), The Larry Sanders Show (TV Sitcom), Another Midnight Run (TV film), Weapons of Mass Distraction (TV film), The Lionhearts (Voice, animated TV series), 3 South (Voice, animated TV series), Arrested Development (TV series), Twenty Good Years (TV series), WordGirl (Voice, animated TV series), and Transparent (TV series).

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