Tony Shalhoub Quotes & Sayings

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes. — Tony Shalhoub

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment. — Tony Shalhoub

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself. — Tony Shalhoub

It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And the scenes that both of us were in, Brooke directed those. Come to think of it, Brooke directed most of the scenes. — Tony Shalhoub

With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture. — Tony Shalhoub

My only preference is to have a lot of variety and diversity in the material that I work on. — Tony Shalhoub

You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people. — Tony Shalhoub

I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything. — Tony Shalhoub

I am living proof that uncertainty is vastly underrated and often times a blessing in disguise. — Tony Shalhoub

I would want people to take away this idea that sometimes people's problems or neuroses are really the things that are kind of a blessing in disguise, and even though there's sometimes pain associated with these things that sometimes in the face of adversity with obstacles to overcome, people can really kind of soar and find their higher selves. — Tony Shalhoub

I've been so fortunate throughout my career, when I was doing theater, more theater than anything else, and when I was doing films that I got a chance just to do a broad range of things. — Tony Shalhoub

I shot Barton Fink in July and moved out to LA that fall. The movie came out in the spring and it was a year before I got Wings. — Tony Shalhoub

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. — Tony Shalhoub

I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week. — Tony Shalhoub

This business can be very frustrating but there is success story after success story of people who take the bull by the horns. Actors who are frustrated ... [should] do your own project. Find a writer, shoot a movie. It can be done, — Tony Shalhoub

I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one. — Tony Shalhoub

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano . — Tony Shalhoub