Latest Michael Stuhlbarg Quotes from Interviews

• The key research I usually apply that allows me to understand the roles that I take on, starts with the script in front of me, and what it offers. I try to absorb as much of it as I can, in the time that I have to study it, and I like to change things up, if I have a choice in the matter... and I usually don't. I dream on it, write about and find out who the individual is, and try to bring him to life with as much human and truth as I can.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Dream, Writing, Choices

• I had a great time working with Denis [Villeneuve] and the whole group. It was a very different kind of a part [in Story of Your Life] than I've played in a while. But I had great fun; and yes, it was really nice not to have to answer to anybody about that.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Fun, Nice, Groups

  Source: nerdist.com

• I have making a new film called Story of Your Life, directed by Denis Villeneuve, with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Which is about aliens coming to the earth and observing us and us trying to find a way to communicate with them.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Trying, Stories, Amy

  Source: nerdist.com

• It's nice to be able to challenge myself by playing real people. But at the same time it utilizes a different part of the brain to just invent new things.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Real, Nice, People

  Source: nerdist.com

• The next film I have is called Miles Ahead, which is about Miles Davis, during a five-year period in his life during which he's struggling to figure out which direction to go musically and in his life. I play a record executive who's there to try to get Miles to collaborate with one of my clients. I'm excited to see that.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Struggle, Years, Play

  Source: nerdist.com

• [Pawn Sacrifice is] about the 1972 chess championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. I play Paul Marshall.It was a great story of a very peculiar man, another genius who's troubled and lived an interesting life. I had great fun making that.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Fun, Sacrifice, Men

  Source: nerdist.com

• I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on at least one or two screenplays. A lot of these stories take famous people and show you who they are behind the scenes, which is kind of fun. One of the things about getting to play Edward G. Robinson was learning who the man was away from his movie-star exterior.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Stars, Fun, Men

  Source: nerdist.com

• I'm always trying to remember that kindness goes a long, long way. I think that's something that people will definitely take out of this film as well.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Kindness, Thinking, Always Trying

  Source: nerdist.com

• Along with reading as much as I could about Andy, several of the real folks came in besides Andy [Hertzfeld] - Joanna Hoffman and John Sculley and Steve Wozniak all came in and spoke with us - so we had the advent of being around the real people and feeling their spirit, in talking to them about what Steve was like, what their relationship was like, and how they felt about each other.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Real, Reading, Talking

  Source: nerdist.com

• I love Seth Rogen's line in which he talks about how you can be both a genius and decent at the same time.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Genius, Lines, Decent

  Source: nerdist.com

• I think in regards to [Andy Hertzfeld ] relationship with Steve [Jobs]... Andy is a brilliant guy, and loves Steve with all his heart. I think he would have loved to work with him even longer. But the circumstances just weren't right for him.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Jobs, Heart, Thinking

  Source: nerdist.com

• I got to meet Andy [Hertzfeld], and he sort of opened his life to me. He showed me Palo Alto and we had food together and I met his wife and saw his home. We talked a lot about his experiences, and I just tried to absorb as much about him as I could.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Home, Wife, Together

  Source: nerdist.com

• To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might function differently in the world.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Jobs, Character, Two

  Source: nerdist.com

• Also to get to see over the course of time how they change, and how Andy [Hertzfeld], regardless of how he's treated, still maintains a friendship with Steve [Jobs] over the course of time. Enough to want to show up and cheer him on. It says a lot about his character, and also that he cares about Steve. Yeah, I find it moving, and I find it a lovely thing on Andy's part.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Jobs, Cheer, Moving

  Source: nerdist.com

• Andy [Hertzfeld], just by nature, is one of these straight shooters. A very moral guy, kind of an open book. Along with being brilliant and one of the original members of the Macintosh team, he has a really generous spirit.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Team, Book, Generous Spirit

  Source: nerdist.com

• I think Aaron [Sorkin] did a remarkable job of plucking Andy [Hertzfeld] out of [Steve] Jobs' story, to perhaps reflect back on Steve a sense of maybe some things that were missing in Steve's life. Andy, just by nature, is one of these straight shooters.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Jobs, Thinking, Missing

  Source: nerdist.com

• I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things.

  Michael Stuhlbarg

  Morning, Bed, Sense Of Humor

  "Interview: Michael Stuhlbarg of ‘A Serious Man’". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. October 8, 2009.

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