My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.
I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.
When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.
Anyone who thinks impressions of old movie actors is funny absolutely cannot be trusted. I think it's like a law of nature.
Good actors need better projects, and these days there aren't enough going round.
My father was a great actor.
There are a lot of good actors, and writers out there.
To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.
I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind.
As a director, my job is to protect. I protect scripts, actors, cameramen, designers.
The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
I hadn't intended to end up there. I meant to be a serious actor with a beard who wore a lot of black and wanted to share his misery with you.
I'm an actor. I hate to blow everyone's illusions.
As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.
I think that so many actors are defined by the first thing that people see them do, and there were people who simply couldn't accept the fact that I was doing something that they perceived as being a radical departure from Avenue Q.
I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.
You're an entropic chaos factor
Spirituality promotes passivity when the domain of spirit is defined as outside the world. When this world is the terrain of spirit, we ourselves become actors in the story, and this world becomes the realm in which the sacred must be honored and freedom created.
I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.
3D movie is tedious, its tedious for everybody, it's hard for the crew, it's hard for the actors. It adds more time. It's more technically complicated, so that just adds more time and takes a little more time away from he acting and that's kind of frustrating but to say "I'll never do 3D again" that doesn't make any sense.
I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid.
If you feel safe then you can go wherever you want to go as an actor.
I was dissatisfied just being an actor.
As an actor, I feel like youre asked to live life as vibrantly as possible.
I love recording lines. It's like being an actor without having to really act.