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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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
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As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.
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The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can't be organic.
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I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you
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The problem with television isn't the number of horizontal scanning lines. It's the lines of dialogue spoken by the actors.
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Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.
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As an actor, doing animation is definitely on the list of most actors because it is such a freeing, fun, different experience than being on camera. There's just something different about it that's not more fun, but a different sort of fun.
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People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level.
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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've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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You cannot assume that somebody can define you. You cannot assume that the other person is right. No matter how they say it to you, no matter with how much force they say, ‘Oh my god, you’ll never make it; oh my god, you’re not bright; you could never do this’—that’s one person. I can’t tell you how many people told me I would never be an actor.
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I worked in script development, many years ago, and read a lot of scripts. Between that and the scripts I've read as an actor, and I'm a writer as well, I think I have a pretty good sense about whether the bones of a story are there and whether the structure is intact.
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I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.
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Maybe that's my lot in life as an actor, to be the guy who gets crapped on everywhere he goes. Oh God...
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Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume.
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Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.
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As actors, we have to be able to keep ourselves open to feel, and that's a life lesson I think many people don't get a chance to learn. In my personal life, I've learned to carry this lesson with me.
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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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There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.
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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 think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.
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I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.
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As an actor, I'll play anything.
