Actors Quotes
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I think actors' careers have highs and lows, and ups and downs. It just really all depends.
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People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
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I am a bit of a gourmet chef. I love cooking mostly Thai food. And a lot of times on movies, you have these trailers that have these little ovens and kitchenettes. A lot of actors never use them, but I would cook lunch just about every day.
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Before I start directing a show, I try to spend a few weeks hanging around the set, getting to know the crew and talking to the actors about how they like to work. Who is fussy? Who is left-handed? Who wants to go home early, and who is the perfectionist?
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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.
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I never wanted to be an actor.
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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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I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.
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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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Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.
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I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.
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There are a lot of actors that are more talented than me at Second City who quit it before they even got to a paying status. Weird luck. I had no other option.
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I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.
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I'm always curious about how actors cry on film.
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I want to be an actor, I am just not very comfortable talking about myself.
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In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.
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I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
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I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.
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I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.
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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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If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?
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I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.
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So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor.
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I think basically an actor is a salesman.
