David Schwimmer
David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director, producer and comedian. He was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2. He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late 1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth2 November 1966
CityAstoria, NY
I'm very goal oriented.
There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.
You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.
Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you?
I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.
If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is.
And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.
When you see Liana [Liberato], who at the time was 14, there is an inexperience and innocence that you can't act and you can't fake.
Ive always been pretty energetic.
My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. Theyre both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.
If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.
Our imagination often is more horrifying than being shown something.
And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.