Michael Rapaport Quotes

I'm Always Gonna Be An Actor, So I'm Trying To Figure Out What I'm Gonna Do Next. I Would Love To Make A Documentary Again Someday, But I Need To Take A Break From It.

To Be Able To Play Somebody That Says And Does Pretty Much Whatever He Wants Is Great.

Each Environment Is Different, Each Job Is Different, And Each Realm Of Creativity That They Give You Is Different. You Try To Do The Best You Can And Put As Much Time Into It As You Can, But Different Jobs Have Different Circumstances Come About.

I'm A New York Person. I've Never Gone Out Of The Way To Speak To The Press To Change My Persona - I Probably Should Have. It's Too Late Now. But When I First Started I Was Like, "i'm Gonna Stay This Way. I'm Gonna Be This Way," And I Continued To. I Probably Should Have Sugarcoated It Like, "this Is Not Really The Way I Am - I'm An Actor."

If My Son Was An Actor I Would Tell Him, "don't Let People Know As Much About You As I Let People Know About Me." Because I Think Professionally, It's An Easier Road. That Would Be Something I Would Tell A Young Actor. But It's Cool.

Being A Part Of Independent-film World, The Independent-film Community, That's What You Do. You Support Each Other. If Someone's Doing A Movie And You Trust Them, You Roll The Dice. Sometimes It's Gonna Be Good, Sometimes It's Gonna Be Something That's Like, "oh I Don't Know What The Hell That Is." But I've Been More Fortunate Than Not To Have It Work Well.

Honestly, I'm Not Listening To Much Of What's Going On Today.

Were There Certain Things That I Didn't Feel Were Dignified Enough To Make It Into The Movie? Yeah.

I'm Identified As A New York Actor, I Sound Like I'm From New York, And I Couldn't Be More Proud Of It.

I Heard Q-tip On The Jungle Brothers' Song 'the Promo.' It Was Very Exciting. It Was Very New. The Music And The Culture Around Hip-hop Was Evolving. I Think There's An Emotional Quality To Their Music And There's A Vulnerability To The Music. For Me, A Tribe Called Quest Was My Beatles.

In Any Relationship That Comes To An End, There's Never Just A Baseline Reason Why. You Say, 'oh, I Broke Up With My Girlfriend.' Someone Says, 'why?' You Say, 'well, You Got Three Hours? And Then Maybe After I Tell You My Version, You've Got To Talk To Her.

I Would Love To Document The Roots; I Think They Have An Interesting Story. I Have A Curiosity About Them. Their Musicality And Their Live Performances I Think Would Be Great, And I Have A Feeling That There Are Stories Behind Each One Of Them.