Actor Quotes
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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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An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.
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If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.
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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.
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I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what I like to watch.
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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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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.
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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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I have Janicza solely to thank for my growth as an actor because she saw in me something that other people just weren't seeing, and she knew that I could go beyond the normal, funny 'make-em-ups' that I was doing on an improv stage.
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Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.
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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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I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone.
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I think it helps, as an actor, to never know when you're going to get that next script and you're done.
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The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
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Actors can be good, say all these beautiful, wonderful things - but where does it come from? It comes from the writers, and people kind of forget that sometimes.
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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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It is not a question of who is the better actor.
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To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised - they don’t see you behind closed doors.
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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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You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.
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I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.
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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
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'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel my job is, to interpret life.
