Actors Quotes - Page 22

It is only the untalented director who imagines him or herself in every part, wants his or her own thoughts and emotions portrayed; it is only the untalented who make their own limitations those of the actors as well.

I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.

The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species.

You're not simply entitled to be an actor - you're not an actor just because you call yourself one - you earn it. You earn it by working.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

I don't really like actors. Actors are like terrible comedians with no punch lines. It's all about them. They talk about themselves all the time. They bore the sh - t out of you.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

More and more of our finest actors are finding room for themselves in the world of television - but I truly believe it's because some of the best stories are being told there.

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

The cinematography is as much involved with the physicality of the scene, so a lot of our shots are hand-held. I felt the cinematographer needed to be the fourth-character with the same drive as the actors

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits.

You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction.

You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not OK for an actor to become a singer. I never understood that.

I don't actually drive trains. I'm an actor.

It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.

I've had the chance to work with some really good filmmakers. It's put me in a situation where I've been surrounded by great actors, and for me it's been a lot about standing in the background and watching people work.

All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.