Joseph Mazzello quotes

Joseph Mazzello is an American actor best known for his roles in "Jurassic Park" and the miniseries "The Pacific." His performances have been praised for their authenticity and emotional depth. He continues to work in film and television, building a diverse and respected career. Here are 8 of his quotes:

Make acting seem real and as if it weren't acting. Just make it real.

Joseph Mazzello

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

Joseph Mazzello

People are always like, 'Oh, 'Jurassic Park' is on...' or 'Oh, 'The River Wild' is on...' I actually haven't seen any of my movies in a long time. Being more self-aware now, and being an adult, I'm a little bit embarrassed to watch them.

Joseph Mazzello

My parents always instilled in me this feeling of wanting to be a normal person. I never moved out to L.A. as a kid and got into that scene and that whole thing that happens to kid actors that's the reason they go off the deep end.

Joseph Mazzello

When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks.

Joseph Mazzello

I'd like to make character-based dramas. I end up writing thrillers a lot - these psychological character-based things with weird people doing horrible things to each other - coming to a theatre near you!

Joseph Mazzello

Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.

Joseph Mazzello