It can be very intense being an actor; it can be quite a small world. Then you speak to your friend who is a scientist and they have a completely different perspective.
I prefer, and it turns out to be the truth, that I always have in my movies an ensemble of actors, but not just one individual doing the whole movie.
I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.
Once I start shooting I forget the scriptwriter in me. I like things flowing. If you have talented actors who bring their own ideas, it can be much better than what you have worked out.
I like it when actors depart from the script to find their characters.
If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.
Every single time when you act in a film, and there's a different director, which of course as actors we're used to experiencing that's what we do, it's a different experience.
I want to work with great directors. I want to work on good material with good actors. I've probably done 20 movies at this point and a lot of independents. It's been an incredible ride and I love it and I'm just going to keep going and doing what I'm doing.
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
I'm a very proud actor.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.
Actors don't like to read what they're supposed to do.
For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.
I'm not really attracted to action sequences, because my experience is that it's quite a slow process to shoot them, and often we're not involved as actors.
Don't worry about telling your actor what to do.
A million pounds sounds like a lot of money now that I'm saying it. But in terms of moviemaking, it's not a lot of money. And yet you can see what can be done with that, with the talent of a great cinematographer and great director and actors.
I love exploring in a rehearsal room with other actors, scenes and you know, stuff you are scared of.
I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old.
But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.
Many an actor does the stage more ham than good.
Yet in the celebrity-obsessed culture, where everything of you is a shot on the red carpet, I don't want that to dominate my image. First and foremost, I am an actor. I want great roles.
I used to love fast food because I had no money, and I was a struggling actor.
I didn't grow up wanting to become an actor at all. I wanted to be a sports trainer and I was actually an aerobics instructor.
