Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
Stephen Langis an American actor and playwright. He started in Broadway theatre, but is more widely known for his film roles in Gods and Generalsand Avatar. From 2004 to 2006, he was a co-artistic director of the Actors Studio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 July 1952
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
imagination actors elements
Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.
calling
When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it.
basketball yoga games
As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a little older, a little scrappier. So now I do yoga instead. And whatever else happens in the day, I'm set up in the best way possible. I feel great. I'm so flexible.
myopic stories television
With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. Failing to renew 'Terra Nova' is shortsighted, as myopic as it would have been to scrap the Hubble. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble Telescope of television.
internet
When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do... you go to the internet.
careers changed changed-my-life
I wouldn't say 'Avatar' changed my life, but it definitely changed my career.
lonely thinking roots
My Hamlet was about as alienated as you can get. Mine was a bitter and lonely prince. Valid, I think, but maybe tough to root for. I think that romance was missing.
team feels
Whether I appear in 'Avatar 2' or 'Avatar 3', I always feel I'm a part of the 'Avatar' team.
responsibility writing acting
Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it, and in so doing, took responsibility for my own life.
trying scripts ifs
You try to go where the great scripts are, if you can, or you go where the not great scripts are, because that's what's being offered to you.
character interesting guy
The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.
play creating identity
You can play anyone if you're open enough. It's a form of possession. Each time you work on something, you allow yourself to be possessed by creating the environment for it. Then you allow the possession to happen - but not at the expense of your sanity or of your identity.
fun down-and roles
Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.
jobs philosophy able
My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.