If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.
Peter SarsgaardIf you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.
Peter SarsgaardI would like to sail across the Atlantic. I would like the experience of being that far away from land.
Peter SarsgaardI just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.
Peter SarsgaardI think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.
Peter Sarsgaard