Paul Eenhoorn Quotes

I think people are used to seeing actors be wide open and desperately giving of themselves, and while I do that on a movie set as much as I can, it's so unnatural for me to do it on television, in interviews, in anything like that. I also don't find that my process as an actor is really anyone else's business.

Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I'm not a person who needs to chit-chat between takes by any means.

I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible.

Most people don't think of actors and people like us that are performers and out in the world as introverts, but I like to know I can trust someone first.

If you're a stranger, and you've never met me before, I'll probably be more reserved and quiet. If you're my friend, you probably see the same stuff that you see me do onstage.

I'm not a rapper. I stay in my lane.

I am not a private person; you can ask those who hang out with me.

I've fought in front of thousands of people and never responded to the crowd. I got there, did my job, and left.

In order to make Alma innocent and open, I had to forget that I'm stressed as an actress because I'm making a film with Paul Thomas Anderson. I had to let go of everything and hold onto the text. The language was like a rope I could cling onto and make my way blindfolded through the shooting.

I like to watch actors while they are acting, how they hold their attention when so many people around are there to distract them. It's difficult.

We've all been there, right? When you meet someone personally and then you find yourself working with them professionally, it's awkward.

I don't drink before shows.

I have a lot of friends, in and out of golf, and there is a mutual trust. I'm very serious at the course. Maybe if I joked around more around the press tent, your image of me would be different. But that's not me. And the golf course is my office. If I come up to you when you're writing a story, are you going to drop everything to talk? Or are you going to say you're too busy doing your job?

I get that some people just want to do work and keep their lives private. I think for me, it just felt like I needed to be open about who I am. It just felt like the right thing for me to do.

I just get on with my game and let the referees do their job.

When you come onto the set, everything should be focused around your character and you should stay in the pocket, as much as possible. Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket.

There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We have our gripes and stuff like that. All bands have their drama, but life is too short to be miserable around somebody that you don't like.

I said nothing—I hadn’t known Marya, and anyway, “listening quietly” was my general social strategy

Shouldn’t you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?” I choked. He smiled. “What are you doing Sunday night?” I snorted. By accident. “Are you asking me out?” “You’re getting cocky. I like that, Angel.” “I don’t care what you like. I’m not going out with you. Not on a date. Not alone.

The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else.