Actors Quotes

The person you are is a thousand times more interesting than the best actor you could ever hope to be.

The actor must use his imagination to be able to answer all questions (when, where, why, how). Make the make-believer existence more definite.

We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.

Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances.

Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater.

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.

When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

Actors should arouse a sense of wonder because of their ability to exceed what the spectators can envision ever being able to do.

You'll never see any two good actors approach a role in the same way.

Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown to the audience. This life is rich and revealing for the audience as well as for the actor himself.

The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.

A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.

My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful.

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there's not a lot of that for me.

Well, I’ve been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.