Stanley Tucci quotes

Stanley Tucci is a remarkable American actor, writer, and director with a versatile talent for portraying captivating characters on screen. With a career spanning over three decades, Tucci has left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. Born on November 11, 1960, in Peekskill, New York, he developed a passion for acting from a young age. Tucci's exceptional acting skills have earned him critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination. He is also recognized for his outstanding performances in movies like "The Devil Wears Prada," "Big Night," and "The Hunger Games" series. Alongside acting, Tucci has ventured into directing and writing, showcasing his creative prowess. With his distinctive voice and charismatic presence, Stanley Tucci continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that.

- Stanley Tucci

But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next month and a half.

- Stanley Tucci

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

- Stanley Tucci

My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

- Stanley Tucci

I would rather just do the things I want to do.

- Stanley Tucci

It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.

- Stanley Tucci

I'm not saying they won't be bigger projects someday.

- Stanley Tucci

I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day.

- Stanley Tucci

The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.

- Stanley Tucci

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

- Stanley Tucci

I'm a control freak. Totally.

- Stanley Tucci

I make time to write.

- Stanley Tucci

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

- Stanley Tucci

The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.

- Stanley Tucci

Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it.

- Stanley Tucci

I never go overbudget on my movies.

- Stanley Tucci

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

- Stanley Tucci

I write in the mornings. During my down time.

- Stanley Tucci

Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way.

- Stanley Tucci

The constraints of melodrama can be a great blessing, because they demand that all the characters involved - as absurd and extreme as they may initially seem - must stay utterly rooted in their own reality, or the whole project collapses.

- Stanley Tucci

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

- Stanley Tucci

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

- Stanley Tucci

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

- Stanley Tucci

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

- Stanley Tucci

I like to see how I can do it for less money.

- Stanley Tucci

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

- Stanley Tucci

I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.

- Stanley Tucci

Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.

- Stanley Tucci

I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.

- Stanley Tucci

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

- Stanley Tucci