Actors Quotes - Page 18

The better the actor, the more stupid he is.

Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.

I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.

The problem for me is not that Schwarzenegger is governor, but the extent to which even politicians who are not actors are functioning like actors.

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you

I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

To the audience it doesn't really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It's the result that counts.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

It was one of those plays in which all of the actors unfortunately enunciated very clearly.

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

My favorite character on Friends was Joey, because we're both actors. I always thought that was so cool.

It's pretty boring, working by yourself. The scene happens in between the two of you, and then you don't know what it's going to be because it's a kind of combustion. So, you do take something from every actor you work with.

I was never a fanatical movie person.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.

Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of the arm, you can see the shape of the face and the face starts to gather character. You have to find it.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

...as an actor there`s nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It`s so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them are actors.

As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to do this this way, you know when he gets to the editing room he has a reason for it. Its like watching a masterpiece.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.