Actors are such wonderful creatures and such wonderful instruments. It's always different on the page, or in my head. I hear it differently. I see it differently. And then, you give it to an actor and it comes alive, in a way that you didn't expect.
Apparently Jamie is great at being soft and hard at the same time. Which is hard to do for an actor! He's going to get an Oscar!
But actors at a certain point take the best of what's available to them.
I don't really exude that 'it' factor.
One of the greatest pleasures of working on shows is that I enjoy watching the actors - who are all younger than me now - and their careers. I love seeing how they're doing and seeing them getting good gigs and doing well.
I've got a lot to learn, and I'm very blessed to work with such talented actors. I'm nowhere near my goal. It's all about applying yourself and taking time to work and train.
Actors strive to be part of something like 'Twilight' and what 'Twilight' is, is unbelievable.
Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.
My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.
Actually, I wanted to be an actor when I was two years old.
One of the wonderful things about the actor's life is that's what we have the opportunity to do; we bring all these aspects of ourselves and of our personal lives into the work that we do.
One can't help but bring one's own personality into what one is doing, and it's certainly true of us actors and it's true of writers.
It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending on where I'm at.
It's been great. I've been very lucky to work with more experienced actors early on in my career because I get a chance to learn from them. There is so much you can learn from them. You can just follow them and you'll be pretty safe.
I like Joaquin Phoenix. He's an amazing actor and he's so buff.
I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all your guards down, and just have that level of trust and security in yourself to know that you could walk out on that limb with someone else and be safe.
As soon as an actor has faith in a director, he just goes with it.
As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive.
Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor.
The best role is always ahead.
Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it.
When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.
I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me.
Many times, when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', then they let me do what I want with it and that's usually more interesting for an actor.
I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.
