Actors Quotes
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Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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I know a lot of actors who started out as musicians and have very successful careers as actors, but most people don't know them as musicians.
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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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I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.
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I wasn't sure I wanted to be an actor.
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An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.
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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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To actors on opening night: You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.
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If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
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I'm a professional at what I do. I'm an actor. I've been on enough movie sets to know the difference between a stage light and an apple box. I know the difference. Why? Because I've been around it long enough and I know.
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Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.
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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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Let's be honest, any show will live or die based on how good the characters are, how good the actors are, how complicated the relationships are, how grounded they are and how much heart they have.
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My casting process was slightly different and slightly interesting insofar as I knew everybody could act. That's something you've seen. You know people can. You've seen them on the screen and you think either they're a good actor or a bad actor. So that's not the point. What I wanted to do was find people who I thought would have a similar comic sensibility.
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Billy Campbell who is... I... truly one of the most talented actors today.
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Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.
Nick Willing -
I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.
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I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"
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I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.
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I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
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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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I'm always excited to work with actors.
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Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting.
