Actor Quotes

I became an actor because I love solving problems. I'm a big crossword puzzle person. I love doing research. One of the reasons I became Jewish is because I love text study.

Anthony Heald
- Study
- Jewish
- Crosswords
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.

Scott Ellis
- Work
- Control
- Actor

So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's one of the first things you should do, even though most don't, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing a beat Maggie said Pauline Collins. I didn't know Pauline because I hadn't seen Shirley Valentine, but then I saw this thing that she did with Woody Allen "You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger", in which she was wonderful as a psychic, and I said to her on the phone: "The dialogue seemed improvised."

Dustin Hoffman
I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.

Ben Affleck
- Father
- Fear
- Couple
I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.

Rithvik Dhanjani
- Believe
- Freedom
- Express
It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

Willa Fitzgerald
- Parents
- Actor
- Plays
As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

Paul Giamatti
- Money
- Actor
- Stability
The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

Nicholas Hoult