Actors Quotes
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I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can be on TV and be happy.
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As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.
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Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.
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With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
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You couldn't hope to make a drama and have people rewriting on the day and having the actors making suggestions, "Wouldn't it be funny if my character did this?" "No. You're the actor. I'll tell you what to do."
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I think when I work with actors it's all about a process of learning to be private in public, instead of performing in public. Which is what women do: we perform, especially our sexuality.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
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I think that all the Mel Brooks' company of actors is just tremendous. It was a crazy group of genius people. All of them taught me what kind of actor I should be and what was funny.
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I'm not really attracted to action sequences, because my experience is that it's quite a slow process to shoot them, and often we're not involved as actors.
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I like to give my actors a lot of room.
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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
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I'm always curious about how actors cry on film.
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The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.
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The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.
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Actors never say they're poor. They're always broke. It's always just temporary. 'Broke' is 'poor with hope'.
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In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.
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I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.
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Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.
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I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take shooting too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.
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There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, so I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.
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Sometimes, when people use too much blue screen in movies, the actors don't look credible, because they have their own opinion of what the thing will look like, and each person has a different opinion.
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Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.
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I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.
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I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
