Actors Quotes
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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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That's one of the things of being an actor. You have to push any knowledge of any future, at all, out of your mind. You never know what's going to happen where.
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I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves. s
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There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.
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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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It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies.
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I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.
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There's no such thing as good voices. Because there's no such thing as bad voices. There are only good actors and bad actors.
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I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second.
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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 think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.
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But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s just seem to be a confused decade. Nobody knows, really, what's going on.
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As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.
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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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The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.
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I think actors are meant to have crises of faith; I think it's part of the job. I think it makes you a stronger person and a stronger actor.
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I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.
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I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into a room, I bring all those things to a role, and I've always just simply seen myself as an actor.
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I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.
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I enjoy being an actor largely; in part at least, because you get to walk a mile in another person's shoes, you get to see what their skin is like. The other good thing is you get to leave it.
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Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently.
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Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing someone else, hanging around with a bunch of actors. I needed that, the way you need water.
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My ambition has always been to work with English and American actors and directors. Those were the movies that I was watching when I was growing up.
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There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.
