Actor Quotes
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I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!
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I'm a New York person. I've never gone out of the way to speak to the press to change my persona - I probably should have. It's too late now. But when I first started I was like, "I'm gonna stay this way. I'm gonna be this way," and I continued to. I probably should have sugarcoated it like, "This is not really the way I am - I'm an actor."
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I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor.
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I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.
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I don't really know where the rumors started. They just started. Because I saw a number of people rumored for the role and there was never any discussion, never any conversations. I think Chadwick Boseman is a great actor. I saw Get on Up and he killed that role. So, I think he's going to do a great job.
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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.
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I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.
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There's no one beating Mr. Bachchan when it comes to acting. He is outstanding. He is a phenomenal actor and a thorough gentleman. His natural skills at acting just bowled me over, and I've become an even bigger fan of his after working with him.
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I think it's an actor's gift to be as old as people think you are.
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I always wanted to be an actor. It sort of prevented that whole - I never had any of that kind of angsty period old and doing musicals at camp and community theater and plays at school; it was just always what I most enjoyed and always what I intended to pursue.
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I think, for me as an actor, if you get to a place where you're satisfied, you're happy with it, then you're dead. It's over. You're not hungry anymore. You won't try things anymore.
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What I typically look for is something I haven’t done before; a new opportunity and a new actor muscle to flex. That’s always a huge attractive thing to me when I’m reading a script or a potential project.
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I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.
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I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk into the sets, finish his portions, take the money, and leave. In fact, I've been accused of being interfering - but that's the way I am. It is important for every actor to get involved with the script.
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How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like Buffy? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
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Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own production company.
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But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.
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As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available?
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Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, “Wonderful. Just have a backup profession like welding.
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A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.
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I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.
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As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.
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An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.
