Tony Shalhoub Quotes (17 Quotes)

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself.

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano .

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes.

In a mild surprise, Tony Shalhoub was honored as best actor in a musical or comedy TV series for his title role in Monk. ... God bless the planet earth.

I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

I have never seen a role like this of an Arab-American that's seen in such a positive light -- a really well-rounded character with a sense of humor, a professional life, a family life. Not a goodie-goodie -- a person who has his flaws and his shortcomings -- but a real character, not a stereotype.

You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.

I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one.

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment.

I shot Barton Fink in July and moved out to LA that fall. The movie came out in the spring and it was a year before I got Wings.

It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And the scenes that both of us were in, Brooke directed those. Come to think of it, Brooke directed most of the scenes.

I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything.

With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture.

This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the horns. Actors who are frustrated ... should do your own project. Find a writer, shoot a movie. It can be done,

The first time, there's like a rush of wind and you can't really say anything. You're speaking, but you don't know how the words are coming out.

I ended up in some pretty bizarre places. One night, it was Salinas, Kansas. . . . I sort of wandered into this little hotel and they let me sleep in the lobby.