Actors Quotes
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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
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I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.
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I'm one of those actors who's just standing there, waiting and ready for something to come my way. I don't really try to think about, "Oh, I feel the next thing I should do should be a feature. Now, I think I should do a play." I just hope someone wants to cast me in something.
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For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
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Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.
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You know, it's a wonderful thing. I have to say that some of the greatest actors I've ever worked with have been doing anime for years. It's not just because of the popularity, either.
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As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts.
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Actors just need each other to act together.
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I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.
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At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.
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Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.
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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
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There are actors I know personally, or I've heard them say, "The less known about me, the better, because I just want people to think of me as the character." I think Matt Damon said that recently. He has a point and I think I get that.
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I have a lot of friends that are actors, and I'm blessed to even have a job.
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I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'
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I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light.
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I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.
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Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn't good, it wasn't poetry. It was that simple.
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Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?
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I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.
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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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As an actor, you have to have your history.
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Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's what I like.
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In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.
