Actor Quotes
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And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
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With the type of actor I am, which includes really diving into a role and making it as real as possible, there's nothing better than working in a real environment on location. It forces you to feel what the character's feeling, and it allows you to live in the space of the character.
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It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.
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I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.
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But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
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I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.
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As an actor, you put yourself out there. You put yourself in the arena as an easy target.
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Being an actor, I never think I'm going to get the part. It's always a thrill when things go the way you hope they will.
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I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?'
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My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
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My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.
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I'm very bad at being an actor or guitarist. The sign on my gravestone would be, 'I've been getting away with it all my life.'
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.
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I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.
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For people who seriously want to get into voiceover acting, clearly the most important thing is that you must be a good actor. That comes first. That's why celebrities get so much work in voiceovers - we've seen their work, we know they're good actors.
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I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.
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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
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Thankfully, the life of an actor can be quite balanced anyway. If you look over the course of a whole year, you do tend to have periods of down time. So, it's about managing the balance.
