Giovanni Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi, known professionally as Giovanni Ribisi, is an American actor and producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 December 1974
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
believe hype quality
What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity
home phones cells
You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.'
thinking people doe
I don't think that many people today, understand the nature of what an improv does for an actor in a specific setting. What an improv does for an actor is help him find the life; it's the life that an actor's after.
talking scientology
I love talking about Scientology.
artist acting crafts
For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.
want sound cinema
I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.
writing waste wasting-time
If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.
want helping film
There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.
mother father two
My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me.
growing-up thinking giving
It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting.
order actors feels
A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.
character challenges stories
If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.
choices blame made
I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made.
jobs actors ive-learned
I just consider myself a committed actor. If a movie is a success, that's great; I'm happy for that. But I've learned just to concentrate on my job and do the best that I can.