Actors Quotes - Page 63

My journey has been that of a character actor.

An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.

When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

I'd come into filmmaking as a painter so, for me, making 'Good Will Hunting' was experimental because I didn't know how to do it.

As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying.

What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

The shelf life of a movie actor or actress is so short, it's like milk.

Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted.

I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.

I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is silly,' and became an actor. I certainly never thought I'd wind up in motion pictures. That was far beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

A lot of my friends are struggling musicians. Being a struggling actor, it's just frustrating because you're not allowed to do what you want to do.

Show business is like riding a bicycle - when you fall off, the best thing to do is get up, brush yourself off and get back on again.

Well the first thing I want to say is mandate, my ass... We've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters is actually a mandate. We're all actors in this I suppose.

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

I certainly direct with confidence even if I'm not confident. I learned early on as an actor that confidence can be faked, and it's not always a terrible thing to do. A lot of times if people feel you're confident, then they're confident.

The stock actor is a stage calamity

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

The actors I was most impressed with and who were influencing my taste were all movie actors, so I always wanted to do movies but I didnt want to go to Hollywood and become a waiter in the meantime. The chances are really slim that an actor will be discovered in Hollywood. ... Ive never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.

I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.