Joshua Malina Quotes & Sayings

“'Backwash' is an old-school, slapstick-y romp between three eccentric loser friends who inadvertently rob a bank, armed solely with a salami and a sweat sock, and then find themselves on the run pursued by singing cops. It's kind of a classic piece, a sophisticated piece, if you will.”

“My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.”

“It would be a disappointment for me to take a job, as often happens, having to shoot out-of-town and not where I live.”

“I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always talk about jobs ending and wondering whether they were ever going to work again. Now that's my life.”

“My dad in particular I tend to use - I call him 'The Brain.' If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings.”

“For better or worse, I have a lot of vaudeville circus skills that you just can't showcase in Aaron Sorkin's work.”

“Any celebrity that goes on Twitter and spouts off, as if we should care what they say, is opening himself or herself up to ridicule by anyone else.”

“I always wanted to be an actor.”

“Now everybody's got a video camera, so go make videos with your friends or see if you can get a part in a film school thing that's being done.”

“You can never entirely rest comfortably with Michael Black or Michael Paynes.”