Actors Quotes
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When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.
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A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to have to work really hard to pull a performance out of her.
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It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.
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The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.
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I've always been a searcher - you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political and everything, but you can't separate yourself. You can't disconnect yourself from anything.
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The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered job while staying themselves. They aren't afraid to be nice.
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Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them.
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Actors have a magical difference from other people.
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You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap.
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The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor. Do that first and say yes to people like Terrence Malick and Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen when they come and offer you movies. It's a great front row seat to filmmaking.
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I don't think any of us think of ourselves as artists or actors - clowns, we'll accept that label.
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We all, as actors, have to fight these battles, where it's like, 'OK, that's a little far-fetched.'
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The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."
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I was able to bring my process of doing improv with actors into the animation world, which was fun.
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Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.
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Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.
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A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do.
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I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.
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A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.
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I'm a journeyman actor, and I don't ever want to forget that. With romantic-lead dreams.
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We actors, we're a fragile bunch, and yet we need to be strong because 90% of our lives is rejection.
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Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed.
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All of the male actors joked about the ladies' faces when the hunky firemen walked in.
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My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.
