Tony Shalhoub Quotes

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I never want to stick to one genre of movies and was opened to do everything.

I really don't look at myself as just one thing. I'm kind of scattered and like to have my hands in a lot of different projects. It makes me who I am.

I definitely do like change. I don't know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I don't like the same old thing all the time.

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

I never wanted to stay in one genre; I never wanted to be pigeon-holed or defined as the actor who only worked in one genre. I want to be able to work in all different genres. For me it's fun, and that's how I grow as an actor.

If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to do.

I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.

My tastes are eclectic.

Frankly, I have a lot of interests, and I am not all that wedded only to banking.

It's nice to have a variety in creative work that I like to do.

I get attracted to different things. I have a different take on everything. I like to do different things. I don't like the regular stuff.

I don't like to box myself into anything, because I also sing and I love to dance; I do everything.

I have a very irregular life, and by that, I mean I do many different things with my time. No day is the same, which is great for me because as they say, 'Variety is the spice of life,' and I utterly agree and live by that statement.

I feel like I'm quite versatile. I want to do lots of different styles.

As far as being locked into one certain thing, that's not what I want to do. I just want the opportunity to go off and do something else, whether it's plays or musicals or whatever.

I know I'm in a 'jack of all, master of none' situation, but I like it that way.

Who would you rather be with: someone with more alternatives or someone with fewer?

The works we do in Moooi are very diverse, very eclectic. That's how we like it.

It's just nice to do something a bit different, and I guess when you're an actor, you have the license to do that.

It's impossible for me to feel like there's only one way to do a thing. There's nothing wrong with having one way of doing it, but I think it's a bad habit. I believe in range. Like, there's a lot of tunes that I play all the time-sometimes I hear 'em in a different register. And if you don't have complete freedom, or you won't let yourself get away from that one straight line, oh, my goodness, that's too horrible to even think about.

I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.

I like it that we all get to choose differently.

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

My work is just a hobby. No, I wouldn't want to do it professionally. It's too hard. Deadlines are no fun. But I can sit and tweak all night and not worry about time.