Im not the kind of person to just sit back and lose something I worked hard on, so, naturally, Ive taken steps to be further involved in a process when most actors arent.
For me, I'm constantly writing stuff that is what I'm dealing with on a personal, psychological level. And I think that I bring that to whatever I'm doing, whether it's being an actor or a writer or whatever it is I'm doing. I think you can't help but do that.
I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer.
That is exciting to reinvent myself, to invent a new character. As an actor that is revitalizing.
I'm pretty sure I would never do a full frontal in a movie - for personal reasons, I wouldn't really want to show that.
A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to be as comfortable as possible for you to do your work, but it really is just one in a team of many and usually 150 people.
Actors are separated all the time.
I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.
Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.
I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.
One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.
I'm growing as an actor and performer every week.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko is a ham actor, not a poet.
I'm actually just an actor.
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.
You know, Mad Men is notoriously secretive with its plotlines, even with exposing them to actors on the show.
I came from a generation of actors for whom TV was taboo.
You don't want to remake something that's just been made, as an actor.
As an actor you want to just like, act as much as possible.
To be an actor in the society in Israel, you have to be ten times better than the Israeli Jews. To get the roles in mainstream theater or to get any role, not typecast as an Arab. And also if you are ten times better, not all the time you get the opportunity.
The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it.
I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25 or 30 takes.
I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.
There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi.
Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.
