Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivolais an American actor and producer, who has starred in feature films such as Face/Off, American Hustle and A Most Violent Year...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 June 1972
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Alessandro Nivola quotes about
anybody freelance knows life ups work
Anybody who is in freelance work, especially artistically, knows that it comes with all the insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening life.
real decision way
You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason.
party school college
Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
preparation trying firsts
With the movies, you do your preparation on your own. It's much more internalized and ... the actual performance is a kind of, just trying to capture one moment at a time, for the first time.
growing-up play done
Yeah, I've played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up, and I've even had to play music in a lot of films that I've done.
real stories research
The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.
how-you-feel helping given
There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you.
able actors accents
The thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor.
song character style
Music helps define the character and is an extension of the character somehow, so that you are able to use both the songs themselves and the way that you sing them to tell something about the character and his story, as well as develop a performance style.
insecurity frightening ups-and-downs
Anybody who is in # freelance work, especially # artistically , knows that it comes with all the # insecurity and the ups and downs. It's a really frightening # life .
selfish acting consuming
Acting can be very selfish and all-consuming.
gone film producers
I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.
actors boundaries wanted
I guess Ive always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.