Stephen Root Quotes

I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.

I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.

When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on movie sets. But what it really does is teach you how to adapt and change and fit into a new group or school, and that really is a lot like turning up to a new movie project and finding your place.

I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You're walking into this family who's very comfortable where they are, and you have to jump on the train and be artificially comfortable. That's a very hard thing to do.

There's always a transition if you go to a new territory or a new company or a new country or wherever because there's different styles and different crowds that you perform in front of. Of course, it always takes a little bit of time to find your groove.

When you go to a new country, you don't have the same facilities as you had in the one before. You adapt very quickly to the circumstances.

I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers, and adjust to a new environment.

Milan is good, and I am settling in nicely, which is important. Everyone is friendly at the club and are looking after me well, so I can't complain.

I'm always a big advocate for adapting to your new team, your new country and your new team-mates.

The Manchester move was OK. I was still in England and I knew I could go back home.

I think people don't really like change.

When you have a guest role, it's like being dropped into a show out of a helicopter.

I grew up without a television, so when I went to L.A., it was sort of, you know, a lot to take in, but it actually suited me more than where I was from, so I sort of had that 'home away from home' feeling, and L.A. is definitely home now.

If you are uncomfortable you are always adjusting.

​​​​​​You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.

To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted.

Being on a set for one day is hard enough no matter what it is. You're the new guy, and you go in, and as you get comfortable it's over.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...it behooves us to adapt oneself to the times if one wants to enjoy continued good fortune.

Life is all getting used to what you're not used to.

If what you're doing isn't working, change it.

Few - very few - of our attainments are so profound that they are valid for always; even if they are so, they need adjustment, a straightening here, a loosening there, like an old garment to be fitted to the body.

It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling.

I'm kind of forced to get out of what might feel more natural and comfortable.