Quotes about actors
actors bills directors
There are plenty of directors who work with the same actors over and over, many more times than I have. Like I have worked with Bill Nighy more times than I have worked with Kate, but I'm not married to Bill Nighy. Len Wiseman
actors saws tvs
Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors. Peter Tork
actors stage
In live stage, the actor lives. Peter Boyle
actors pay kind
The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money. Peter Bogdanovich
actors direct
I guess actors don't like to direct each other. Peter Jacobson
actors stories filmmaker
The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story. Rachel Griffiths
actors fans talent
You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me. Kevin Kline
actors due-diligence homework
I'm a very cerebral person and I like to do my homework and break it down. I like to feel like I did my due diligence. It's a confidence factor for me, as an actor. Emmanuelle Chriqui
actors want teeth
Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material. Emmanuelle Chriqui
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I'm an actor, so I love to be degraded! Emmy Rossum
actors littles way
When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way. James Franco
actors saws honest
As Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. My sister [Maggie Gyllenhaal] came up to me recently after she saw this movie, Southpaw, the movie I did, and she thought there was this exploration of that type of presentation, and a bit of representation as well, if I could be totally honest, where she was deeply moved. Jake Gyllenhaal
actors
Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. Jake Gyllenhaal
actors
I resisted being an actor for some time. Henry Hopper
actors wells handle
I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well. Hector Elizondo
actors singers
So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts. Mandy Patinkin
actors feels
The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with. Morgan Freeman
actors impossible
Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible. Morgan Freeman
actors wanted wells
I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded. Morgan Freeman
actors hardest stillness
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing. Morgan Freeman
actors wanted
I never wanted to be an actor. Moon Bloodgood
actors complaining making-a-living
I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it. Morena Baccarin
actors feels homeland
I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland. Morena Baccarin
actors warning rehearsal
We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. Milan Kundera
actors able film
The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly. Mike Leigh
actors cases process
Very occasionally I hire an actor and get it wrong. The actor just doesn't trust the process or me as fully as I thought they would. In this case, you can be quite sure that if an actor is untrusting, it's got nothing to do with me or the process. Mike Leigh
actors directors cry
There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough. Mike Leigh
actors satisfaction roles
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. Jonny Lee Miller
actors answers sometimes
Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to. Kevin Spacey
actors
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. Kevin Bacon
actors reason new-things
I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor. Lupita Nyong'o
actors kind speak
I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well. Lupita Nyong'o
actors natural absent
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead Louise Brooks