It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's our job to try to figure out which of those clues are true, which of clues we decide to follow and which of those clues we think are red herrings, or only in the way another character thinks of that character.
Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?
A man can convince anyone hes someone else but never himself.
Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are all up for it and you all get to do the whole thing every night, be it two hours or three hours. In film you work in two or three minute bits and it's never in chronological order and then someone takes that away and makes it look like it all happened, or that you gave that performance.
Anyone with a internet connection and an idea can develop an audience
Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it doesn't just mean that you can only do movies that are only about the good parts of us. You have to be able to eliminate the bad parts.
I have never played a game in my life.
The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.
Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again and again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.
I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?
There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.
My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
I don't know who Keyser Soze is, but whoever he is, he is going to get gloriously drunk tonight.
No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.
I always remember is that no matter how good I might be in a movie, I'll never be any better. It's frozen. But in theatre I can be better tomorrow night, I can be better the night after that and I can be better in a week. The journey you go through as an actor is incredible.
If youre not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.
If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.
I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.
I like being able to go to a local pub and have great food and particularly love pubs that welcome my dogs.
Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.
Sometimes its the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.
No one should ever feel sorry for me. Ive been treated very well for the most part.
Pushing the boundaries of what is expected of you is important to me.
You must find a way to express your ideas and compel your audience to react through the idea itself, and then figuring out what the best representative of that idea may be, and bringing it to life.
