Anthony Edwards Quotes

‘ER’ was so huge that whatever I did coming back to television, I’d have to feel as strongly about.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It’s important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

There are definitely roles within this industry that are industry-related, but to be a good actor, you really have to want to act first. At the same time, my goal was never to go to Hollywood to make movies. I think if you come here with that attitude, then you’ve missed a few steps.

I did tons of theater in school, and then when I was 16 and got my driver‘s license, I started driving to Los Angeles, along with my friend Eric Stoltz, who was a year ahead of me and was doing the same thing. So we had the same manager, and we started auditioning for things and doing commercials when we were 16.

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said ‘God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn’t the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.

I’m the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.

There’s really no point in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them.

David Fincher is a longtime friend. As a director, my wife had worked with him as a makeup artist when he would do Madonna videos years before, and his child and my oldest child were in preschool together, so we’re kind of dad-friends through that, too.

You know, you never say never because before I did ‘ER,’ I always said ‘I’ll never do a TV series,’ so that’s what I said.

I didn’t start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

Why is there such vanity about hair? I make a point to bathe. I worry about boogers in my nose, and I ask the makeup artist to cover up my pimples, but beyond that, I try not to be too vain.

Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I’ve always been able to support myself since then.

So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.