PETER WELLER

Art has absolutely changed my life.

It's not good to meet you heroes. The humanity in them or the a**hole in them will bring it down. And you don't want to do that.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.

I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance history.

I don't care for horror and fantasy films. I never go to see them in the theater. I know I've played in many of them, but I didn't do them because of their genre - I did them just because I loved their scripts.

Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if you cease to teach cursive writing, how does one know how to, I don’t know, replicate the Declaration of Independence? Or the orations of Cicero? Is it just going to be on the internet?

I rarely do autograph shows. Maybe two or three a year. Just to keep my price up. Also I've got too much other stuff to do. I have to teach Renaissance art.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

When I go to the movies, I like romance, comedy, and thrillers. I hate gore.

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.

A lot of things I don't do well; I don't do warm and fuzzy well.

The best reason to go to the movies is to be with other people. Eating the popcorn, being with other people you don't know.

Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and visit with no one.

I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance history.

I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.

When I go to the movies, I like romance, comedy, and thrillers. I hate gore.

Art has absolutely changed my life.

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.

I don't care for horror and fantasy films. I never go to see them in the theater. I know I've played in many of them, but I didn't do them because of their genre - I did them just because I loved their scripts.

If you've got kids you know you've only got one prayer: "Let my kids outlive me." That's the bottom of everything.

Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if you cease to teach cursive writing, how does one know how to, I don’t know, replicate the Declaration of Independence? Or the orations of Cicero? Is it just going to be on the internet?

I play in a jazz sextet. So I don't have time to do a lot of conventions. The good thing is, when I do them, it does puts me back in touch with the people who go to movies. I do these shows just to stay in touch with them.

There is a good news and bad news about a remake. When you remake something, if you futz with the theme, you are in danger. Because people get it - they get the theme. They know what is galvanizing, what is energizing.

I rarely do autograph shows. Maybe two or three a year. Just to keep my price up. Also I've got too much other stuff to do. I have to teach Renaissance art.

It's not good to meet you heroes. The humanity in them or the a**hole in them will bring it down. And you don't want to do that.

I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched my major to English and theater.