Actors Quotes - Page 71

If I wasn't an actor? Hmm, I'd probably be a serial killer. I'm just so damn likeable, no one would ever suspect me.

I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.

I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.

How strange or odd some'er I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

Quentin [Taranino] will say, "We've got it, but we're gonna do it one more time. Why?" And then, the entire cast and crew chimes in and says, "Because we love making movies!" He is a person who celebrates this form of expression, and it is evident in his movies, his conversations, his extensive knowledge about the history of what we do, and the actors and crew that he assembles.

By the time an actor knows how to act any sort of part he is often too old to act any but a few.

A totally healthy actor is a paradox.

I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.

These days that wouldn't happen - waiting for the light to be exactly right. Because it takes time and time is money. And with these big productions with expensive actors, you just don't have the time to get every shot exactly right.

The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.

Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An actor from Fassbinder could never work with an actor of Werner Herzog or Wim Wenders. Because if we would have done that, we would have been spies. "Ah, you worked with Werner - how was it? How did he direct you?" I was Fassbinder's actor.

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor.

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me.

I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.

You have to remember that actors are human beings. Which is hard sometimes because they look so much better than human beings.

Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

I want to become actor not because I want money and become more famous. No I don't want that. It is not that l want stardom, I want to contribute to good cinema.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.