Latest Josh Radnor Quotes from Interviews

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• I think a lot of Civil War stuff is written - As they say, history is written by the victors. And one of the things that I think is fascinating about this from a purely dramatic perspective is whether someone is right or wrong, you understand where they're coming from in this.

  Josh Radnor

  War, Thinking, Perspective

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• And so, however many people watch this thing, that's how many different opinions there will be about it. But I don't feel like it has an agenda in terms of its ideology. It just presents a story like a mirror. It's a mirror more than it is than a distorted mirror.

  Josh Radnor

  Mirrors, People, Agendas

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex."

  Josh Radnor

  Sex, Parent, Comedian

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying attention to that, but a Civil War doctor - What would they be doing with their nails? Would they cut them really low? And Dr. Burns said, "No, they would let them grow out so they can scoop stuff out. They would use their nails." So for a while I let my nails grow. They were too long. I kept stabbing myself by accident, so I cut them down, but I was trying to be faithful to the details.

  Josh Radnor

  War, Cutting, Doctors

  Source: www.indiewire.com

• I've always been attracted to ensembles. When I started doing plays in high school and in college, I always loved the community aspect of it. I loved these little families that would develop.

  Josh Radnor

  School, College, Play

  Source: collider.com

• The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

  Josh Radnor

  Attitude, Important, Directors

  Source: collider.com

• I learned to choose my battles. Sometimes I let my producer deal with something that I didn't want to deal with.

  Josh Radnor

  Battle, Want, Sometimes

  Source: collider.com

• In writing scripts now, having made a film, I'm much more conscious of what it means to shoot and edit a movie, and that affects the writing.

  Josh Radnor

  Writing, Mean, Scripts

  Source: collider.com

• Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

  Josh Radnor

  Knowing, Important

  Source: collider.com

• I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

  Josh Radnor

  People, Directing Movies, Helping

• You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.

  Josh Radnor

  Cutting, Training, Actors

• I love watching all sorts of different types of movies, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily movies I want to be making. I'm not sitting around saying, "Man, I'd really love to direct a western." That's just not something I'm probably going to do. But, I'm just looking to work on things that both feel professionally exciting and personally relevant.

  Josh Radnor

  Mean, Men, Different

  Source: collider.com

• Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie.

  Josh Radnor

  Unique, Challenges, Way

  Source: collider.com

• There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.

  Josh Radnor

  Book, Reading, Kids

  Source: collider.com

• One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately.

  Josh Radnor

  Strong, Thinking, Proud

  Source: collider.com

• My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.

  Josh Radnor

  Fun, School, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

• One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.

  Josh Radnor

  Thinking, Giving, Secret

  Source: collider.com

• When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.

  Josh Radnor

  Working It

  Source: collider.com

• I don't love large groups of men. I've always felt like something terrible could happen when there were no women. If there are women around, it feels like there's less of a chance that anyone will get stabbed.

  Josh Radnor

  Men, Groups, Chance

  Source: collider.com

• I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.

  Josh Radnor

  Writing, Culture, Environment

  Source: collider.com

• I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.

  Josh Radnor

  Two, Female, Environment

  Source: collider.com