I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.
I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally. - Dermot Mulroney
I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.
- Dermot Mulroney
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job. - Dermot Mulroney
Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the futu… - Dermot Mulroney
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the futu…
I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being pre… - Dermot Mulroney
I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being pre…
After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot … - Dermot Mulroney
After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot …
I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and p… - Dermot Mulroney
I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and p…
What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to th… - Dermot Mulroney
What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to th…
I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals. - Dermot Mulroney
I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.
Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice. - Dermot Mulroney
Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.
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