List of Vincent Kartheiser Quotes

Well, I Think Certain Roles Are Chosen For Us. The Moment I Read Pete Campbell I Thought: I Can Do This, This Is Mine. And In Money, Too. The Truth Is I Turn Down A Lot Of Projects. If A Character Doesn't Have Some Kind Of Internal Struggle, It's No Good For Me.

I've Worked With Actors Before Where I Was Like, This Is Not Working, And Then I've Seen Their Work On The Screen And I've Been Like, Wow, That Was A Really Great Performance. Because There Are A Lot Of Elements With Film. It's Not Like Stage. It's Not A Kind Of Performance Art Anymore; It's A Highly Tuned Kind Of Collaboration - A Symphony.

I Was A Nut For Dostoevsky. You Can Tell A Lot From What People Read Between Those Ages. My Brother Was A Steinbeck Freak And Now He Lives In A Little Village In New Hampshire And He's A Baker.

But Now I Feel Off The Grid. I Feel That I Am Not Part Of The Culture. And Because I Don't Have A Car I Don't Really Go Anywhere To Buy Things. In Fact, I Have Been In A Slow Process Of Selling And Giving Away Everything I Own.

I Was, Aged Nine, The Go-to Kid In Minneapolis For A Commercial Voiceover.

I Go On The Bus, I Walk. A Friend Left His Car Recently At My House And I Took It Out One Day Just For 15 Minutes And It Was Terrible. You Know Why? I Felt Like I Was Back In La Again. Four Or Five Years Ago, When I Had A Car And I Had Been Out Of The City I Wouldn't Feel I Was Back Until I Got In The Car, You Know. But Now I Feel Off The Grid. I Feel That I Am Not Part Of The Culture. And Because I Don't Have A Car I Don't Really Go Anywhere To Buy Things. In Fact, I Have Been In A Slow Process Of Selling And Giving Away Everything I Own.

Being An Actor Is Like Winning The Lottery. It's Not Really About Your Talent, It's Right Time, Right Place, Right Face.

Education Is The Number One Priority.

The Official Bio Is The Wrongest Thing You've Ever Seen In Your Entire Life.

I Think Television Is Always Changing. It's Always Shifting.

It's Always Nice To Know People Are Watching And Having Their Own Ideas About Things And It's Nice When Your Audience Starts Trying To Guess What's Going To Happen, It Means They're Really Interested.

You Can't Compare Any Job Or Any Friendship Or Anything To Another. I Think If You Do, It's Kind Of A Recipe For Disaster.