Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards
Anthony Charles Edwardsis an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of ER, for which he received a Golden Globe award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, he has appeared in various movies and television shows, including Top Gun, Zodiac, Miracle Mile, Revenge of the Nerds, Planes, and Northern Exposure...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 July 1962
CitySanta Barbara, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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I just spent a lot of time on 'ER' for that eight years. I also started working when I was 16, so by the time I left 'ER,' I was 40 years old, I had this incredible experience, my wife had this great company, we had four kids, it was like, 'Let's go to New York and live for a while and make that the priority.'
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.
To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.
So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.
Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.
Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.
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.
There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.
The offensive line was getting a real good push, ... I feel if I can see a little hole, I can get to it, and that was happening today.
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.
I wasn't used to sitting on the bench. I shouldn't have done it, but I did kind of start to lay back and not work as hard. It's taking a toll on me right now, but I feel I'm starting to gain the confidence of the coaches.
I was not worried at halftime at all. But then we come out and only score two points in the third quarter - you just can't win like that.
We came out flat and everything was off, but once we got rolling we had the game in the bag.