David Harewood Quotes

Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.

When you're on set with Ed Asner or Melissa Peterman, you start to sort of exist in a different realm sometimes. You try not to let that get in your head, and you try not to let that overtake you.

I have to say that filming 'The Night Manager' was not just amazing but also very daunting at first. I used to describe myself as the token plebeian surrounded by all your national treasures. All that glittering talent in one place; I knew Hugh from Fry and Laurie videos that my grandpa used to watch, and Tom Hollander's 'Rev' is hilarious.

I just got to do a challenging scene with Jennifer Aniston! That's unreal to me.

Wayne was coming out of a session as Mickey for 'Totally Minnie.' We met in the hallway. We just blended really well.

When you are doing a show, it can get really dull. You are sitting so long while they set up the lights, then you say a couple of lines, then they tear down the lights again. At least stunts are something that uses your physical energy a great deal.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

'Ray Donovan' was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character was recurring, but my storyline was intricate to the whole thing. With the character that I played, I got to go through all aspects of my instrument. I got to bring it to tears and to laughter.

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots.

'Entourage' is a very, very, very unique acting experience. I could go in to win 1000 Academy Awards, and it would never be as much fun as the show.

I would have to say that working on 'Warrior' felt more like working on a play than any other film I've ever done.

I did some school plays in elementary school, but that was it.

Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.

When you're doing a play that's fully produced, you have the benefit of rehearsing for four or five weeks, so you really get to live in the skin of the character for much longer than when you first start doing a character on TV.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

The first feature film I did, when I did 'Night Shift,' I improvised quite a bit because I would improvise at the audition, so sometimes I would return to the original lines, and then when I was on set, I would improvise even more.

I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.

I auditioned for 'Westworld' thinking it was gonna be a knock-off spoof. Thank God I didn't know Anthony Hopkins was starring in it.