A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
Tim Burton... as an actor you wait and wish and hope and pray you'll work with him.
Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.
I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do.
For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.
I feel that I am a good actor.
It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.
If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested in directing in film is that it would take me, to be as good an artist as I feel I am an actor, it would take me another 35 just to conquer.
Thats the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.
Most actors are very grateful for what is as opposed to what will be. You spend 98% of your time looking for a job, so when you get it, it's fantastic.
My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.
As an actor, to be part of that story's [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I've enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I'm getting to have a go myself.
[on BBC's Sherlock] It's a rare challenge, both for the audience and an actor, to take part in something with this level of intelligence and wit. You have to really enjoy it. It's a form of mental and physical gymnastics.
I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.
Like the actor, authority has faith in its false whiskers. But its deepest faith is in the human illusion. People will hang on to illusion as eagerly as life itself.
I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.
Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.
I've seen some of my favorite actors give bad performances, and I have to tell myself that failure is a part of success.
Good actors go to emotional places where nobody else wants to go.
It occurs to me that with all the television people watch, most of their acquaintances are actors.
I didn't intend to become an actor.
I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I became an actor.
For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory.
