List of Victor Garber Quotes

The First Thing I Read Was Of My Character On The Phone Talking To Sydney's Fiance. Though Short, It Was So Beautifully Written, And It Made Me Laugh. I Thought If I Wanted To Play A Character, This Would Be It.

What I Realized Was How Difficult An Hour Show Is And How Miserable You Can Be If You're Not Happy Doing It.

I Find That Everything I Do Is Demanding, Like Jack Bristow Is A Complicated Man And I Do A Lot Of Explaining In The Show, It Takes A Lot Of Energy And Concentration.

In Our Show You Have To Pay Attention And Know What Happened Before. I Think It's Very Intelligent Entertainment. It Makes Demands Of Viewers That A Lot Of Shows Don't.

Then I Did One Fight Scene, And They Said It Looked Good. Because I Did It Well Enough, They've Given Me More.

When I First Read The Script A Few Years Ago I Thought It Was One Of The Best Written Scripts I Had Ever Read.

After You Read The Script, Then You Actually Just Have To Be In The Moment You're In, In Order To Make It Believable. You Can't Give It Away. You Can't Tip It Off. For Me, It's Always About Being Truthful In The Moment I'm In. Hopefully, Being Able To Reveal What I'm Feeling, You Have To Believe It.

The Only Set Thing I Do Is That I Really, Really Memorize The Lines. I've Gotta Be So Comfortable With The Words.

I Grew Up In The Theater, And You Can't Improvise Shakespeare And Ibsen. You Have To Speak The Language. But Obviously, In A Contemporary Film, There's Often Room For Improvisation And Spontaneous Things That Happen. As Long As I Know What I'm Trying To Achieve In The Scene, And When Something Comes Up, I Know That The Response Is Genuine, I'm Comfortable. That's Really How I Build Everything.

The Joy Is When You Work With Great Actors, It Just Comes To Life In A Way That You Never Even Imagined.

Growing Up I Was Involved In Children's Theater, So I Was Definitely On The Path To Be An Actor And A Singer.

I Have No Skills. The Only Thing I Could Possibly Do Is Teach.