Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.
Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.
You don't really have to dress a ton of actors. You don't really have to spend a bunch of money lining up extras to look the time period.
There is this thing called Actors Access, which is run by the breakdown services. What they do is they put up casting notices that are available to everyone. Because there's thousands and thousands of actors and there are student films and grad student films and, sometimes, some small independent projects that are on there.
Colloquialism is the toughest part of what we do, as foreign actors, because there are certain sayings that you guys have that absolutely don't make any sense.
When you work as actors in this business, you spend a lot of time apart. That's why a lot of marriages fail. It's not because of Hollywood, it's because you don't spend time together.
I've been a very lucky actor.
Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.
What would I have done if I wasn't an actor? Probably rob banks.
For people who want to get into the voiceover industry, even if you want to get into commercial, you need to become a really, really good actor.
There's no such thing as good voices. Because there's no such thing as bad voices. There are only good actors and bad actors.
Actors are very generous.
I feel a little guilty only being an actor.
I did not want to be an actor because my whole family did it-going into the family business was the last thing I wanted to do.
Me and Biggie share a storytelling ability--he was an actor on wax, too. His stories were so vivid and torrid, he made you feel them. And we both have the hardness. When I come out on the mic, you know it's me.
I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize you have to cast whoever's super talented and super funny, and then the character has to become at least partially theirs.
Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.
I never fully committed to the child actor thing. I also liked being a regular kid and being a student.
I started out as a very traditional actor. The first thing I ever did in terms of performance was singing.
I don't think actors should have to do anything but come in and act.
Acting, music, painting... it's very subjective. So what I might think is a great actor, you might think is not a very good actor at all.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.
All the actors I've worked with as a director over the years I really love and I thought they were all right for the part.
All you have to do to be a camera actor is tell the truth.
If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is not having to audition anymore.
