Bryan Greenberg Quotes

I didn’t go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.

If you just want instant cool and you don’t want to pay a whole lot, just go to Urban Outfitters.

Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn’t necessarily approach at all in life.

I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.

In everyday life, I’m pretty much T-shirt and jeans guy – a soft LnA shirt, cool APC jeans, Nikes or Jordans. If I’m going to an event I like to wear a suit, sometimes a three-piece. I’m into brands like Simon Spurr – I think he makes great suits – and Dior Homme.

My dad is from Queens. I remember visiting as a kid. My grandparents grew up here. All the actors I respected were coming out of here. All the hip-hop I was listening to – Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Biggie, Wu Tang – was coming out of New York. I’m just into it.

I’ve got a lot of artistic energy, but there’s only so much of it, though. You don’t want to spread yourself thin.

I’m definitely a singer-songwriter. I’m somewhere in the vein between Elliott Smith and Jack Johnson.

I’m excited that ‘The Good Guy’ is getting distribution because indie movies they’re not – people ran out of money and they’re not making these movies anymore. It’s all superhero movies or real obvious tent pole studio films.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it’s just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don’t get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

I actually feel like I have developed friendships through Twitter, people that I’ve worked with I can kind of keep up with them. I’ve totally turned a corner. I get it. And Instagram.

When I’m working on a movie, I’m in my trailer playing guitar. And then on the road, I read scripts and think of… it just keeps both fires burning. I kind of need both.

I grew up in St. Louis, and I just couldn’t wait until I turned 18 because I wanted to move to New York.

I don’t think of my music in terms of a career. I just want to get it out there and do it. I’m not manipulating my sound to be like anybody or trying to write to sound like anybody else.

I’ve always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I’m not trying to be a pop star – I just like to do it.

I think when you get out of the big cities people get really freaked out when they see someone who is on TV, because they’re not used to that.

I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it’s a dying breed and there’s a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.