Actors Quotes
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Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If you photograph well, that's enough. I have a terrible time distinguishing one from another. Girls wear their hair the same, and are much too anorexic-looking.
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It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.
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The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
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Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.
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Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.
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It was pretty surreal to be auditioning as a kid, and I'd get close to these actors that I really respected. I remember River Phoenix in particular. I met him at an audition hall or something.
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All actors are terrified - they just learn how to control it.
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It's no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It's always changing. I'm changing. The target keeps moving. That's the beauty of it.
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In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going to be trusting. There are all kinds of insecure people out there called actors.
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The way an actor is trained doesn't ultimately have much bearing on my work. I'm interested in the actor as artist.
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When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster ride, responding to other actors, it feeds you.
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My job apart from anything else is to build an ensemble composed of actors who all come from a secure place so that they can all work together to make the film.
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I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors.
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Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
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The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors.
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It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.
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When we talk about climate, we need to do everything we can to set the stage before the actors come on. And they may only have one chance at success. We should keep thinking: How do we maximize that chance of success?
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Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.
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Don't watch people's individual performances. Watch the energy that's being passed between them, and then you'll see if the scene is really working or if the actors are really doing their job. If they're playing with the energy that's between them, they're not just acting in their own little bubble.
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All people are half actors.
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I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act.
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I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.
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Models have a stigma that they can't act. You're also, to be quite blunt, you're tall and not a lot of actors are tall and when you are starting out you're obviously not the first one cast, so you're trying to fit into a mold. You're quite often not cast as the quirky best friend, but you don't have the experience to be cast as the lead. So it can be really tricky. One of the biggest things is just to get your people, so to speak, your agents and managers to take you seriously. That's one of the issues I had when I came out to LA.
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One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.
