And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.
Every actor just wants good writing.
On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.
The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.
As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.
I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that...
Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.
I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.
I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.
It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.
I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.
The Russians and rogue actors, including ISIS - this is a serious part of the 21st century security challenge that we face.
Acting isn't a profession, it's a way of living.
This is one of the things I don't like so much about French cinema - we have tendency to concentrate on actors and dialogue and we don't care so much about the visual aspect. I love when you use all the elements at your disposal.
Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies began. Because, really, a whole continent disappeared.
OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director.
I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to!
In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.
If you were an actor, anybody could go on Broadway and take a George Carlin hour and do it on stage as a one man show. They're all stand alone essays.
Arnold Schwarzenegger made his tax returns public, [and] now there's a problem about him stretching the truth. Apparently under occupation he put down 'actor.'
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
My first part was in a film where I played a sadomasochist who killed people and created fun orgies. I'm a method actor. I went to every orgy in the world.
