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Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg (/ˈstuːlˌbɑːrɡ/; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He rose to prominence as troubled university professor Larry Gopnik in the 2009 dark comedy film A Serious Man (2009), directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Stuhlbarg has appeared in numerous films and televisions series portraying real life figures, such as George Yeaman in Lincoln (2012), Lew Wasserman in Hitchcock (2012), Andy Hertzfeld in Steve Jobs (2015), Edward G. Robinson in Trumbo (2015), Abe Rosenthal in The Post (2017), and Arnold Rothstein in HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010–2013). Other notable supporting roles include Men in Black 3 (2012), Blue Jasmine (2013), Arrival, and Doctor Strange (2016), as well as the third season of the anthology television series Fargo (2017).

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I was thrown into a community production of 'Bye Bye Birdie' or something when I was a kid. I wanted to just build the sets, but I wasn't allowed to just build the sets unless I auditioned for the play. So I auditioned for the play and was thrown into the chorus. During the course of that I fell in love with it, and I never really turned back.

Auditioned, Birdie, Bye, Goodbye, Kids, Play

My mom and my dad are ebullient people, and I think I carry that with me.

Carry, Dad, Mom, People, Thinking

[Pawn Sacrifice is] about the 1972 chess championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. I play Paul Marshall. It was a great story of a very peculiar man, another genius who's troubled and lived an interesting life. I had great fun making that.

Fun, Man, Men, Paul, Sacrifice, Troubled

To see those two characters [Steve Jobs and Andy Hertzfeld ] juxtaposed against each other shows an interesting dynamic of how gifted people might function differently in the world.

Character, Function, Jobs, People, See, Two

Along with reading as much as I could about Andy, several of the real folks came in besides Andy [Hertzfeld] - Joanna Hoffman and John Sculley and Steve Wozniak all came in and spoke with us - so we had the advent of being around the real people and feeling their spirit, in talking to them about what Steve was like, what their relationship was like, and how they felt about each other.

Reading, Real, Relationship, Steve, Talking

I got to meet Andy [Hertzfeld], and he sort of opened his life to me. He showed me Palo Alto and we had food together and I met his wife and saw his home. We talked a lot about his experiences, and I just tried to absorb as much about him as I could.

Home, Life, Saw, Together, Tried, Wife

I love a sense of humor, I love intelligence, I love specificity, I love surprises. I'm inspired to get out of bed in the morning and fill my day with good things.

Bed, Humor, Morning, Sense Of Humor, Specificity, Surprises

Most of the people in New York are very often from somewhere else.

New York, People, Somewhere Else, York

A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.

Anyway, Happens, Impossible, Miracle

I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on at least one or two screenplays. A lot of these stories take famous people and show you who they are behind the scenes, which is kind of fun. One of the things about getting to play Edward G. Robinson was learning who the man was away from his movie-star exterior.

Close, Famous, Fun, Men, Stars, Trumbo

I think the theater work and the on-camera work feed off each other. My theater work has become more simple, and my on-camera work has become more energized or more spontaneous.

Cameras, Simple, Theater, Think, Thinking

I have making a new film called Story of Your Life, directed by Denis Villeneuve, with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Which is about aliens coming to the earth and observing us and us trying to find a way to communicate with them.

Amy, Communicate, Earth, Life, Stories, Trying

Also to get to see over the course of time how they change, and how Andy [Hertzfeld], regardless of how he's treated, still maintains a friendship with Steve [Jobs] over the course of time. Enough to want to show up and cheer him on. It says a lot about his character, and also that he cares about Steve. Yeah, I find it moving, and I find it a lovely thing on Andy's part.

Cheer, Enough, Jobs, Maintains, Moving, Regardless

Film, for me, has been a process of learning on the job.

Film, Job, Jobs, Process

The bitterest truth is better than the sweetest lie.

Bitterest, Lie, Lying, Reality, Sweetest, Truth

I wanted to be a cartoonist. I was one of those kids who sat around and drew in my room all the time.

Cartoonist, Drew, Kids, Rooms, Sat

I'm always trying to remember that kindness goes a long, long way. I think that's something that people will definitely take out of this film as well.

Always Trying, Film, Kindness, People, Thinking

The next film I have is called Miles Ahead, which is about Miles Davis, during a five-year period in his life during which he's struggling to figure out which direction to go musically and in his life. I play a record executive who's there to try to get Miles to collaborate with one of my clients. I'm excited to see that.

Ahead, Direction, Musically, Play, Struggle, Years

I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be.

Diversity, Film, Grows, People, Thinking

Things never go the way you expect them to. That's both the joy and frustration in life. I'm finding as I get older that I don't mind, though. It's the surprises that tickle me the most, the things you don't see coming.

Expect, Frustration, Joy, Mind, Tickle, Way

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