Quotes about actors
actors saws honest
As Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. My sister [Maggie Gyllenhaal] came up to me recently after she saw this movie, Southpaw, the movie I did, and she thought there was this exploration of that type of presentation, and a bit of representation as well, if I could be totally honest, where she was deeply moved. Jake Gyllenhaal
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Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor.
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I resisted being an actor for some time. Henry Hopper
actors wells handle
I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well. Hector Elizondo
actors done cameras
There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done. Mary Steenburgen
actors stuff too-much
It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and 'Touch this, that, and the other,' it's too much for me. I find it hard to tolerate that sort of stuff. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. You're wasting everyone's time. Paddy Considine
actors whim notion
I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further. Martin Parr
actors way firsts
I do prefer doing more takes. There's something very organic that comes from the first take, but certain things come out. More details come out, in the way another actor says something. It's always this investigative process. You come further and further to the truth, the more you escalate. I like to do a lot of takes. I have a hunger for it. I like to see what there is to discover in a scene, that hasn't been thought of. Martin Scorsese
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Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. Lee Child
actors directors good-directors
I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director. Laurie Metcalf
actors world scripts
What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better. Laura Linney
actors want entertainment
We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor. Lance Bass
actors might musician
Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.
actors needs filmmaker
An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control. Johnny Depp
actors notes companion
For the actor, The Lee Strasberg Notes are an indispensable companion.
actors stories audience
I've always thought of, of a relationship with an actor to an audience as a marriage, you know. And a story, you know. And there are ups and downs, and you work through them, and you work with them. John Travolta
actors paid
Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals. John Ratzenberger
actors want able
I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered. James Purefoy
actors done competent
Any competent actor could have done what I did. Larry Hovis
actors retiring
Actors can't retire. What would they do? Larry Hagman
actors broads worth-it
Actors are as good as they allow themselves to be, and to portray life, you have to have as broad an experience of it as you possibly can, so everything's worth it. Liev Schreiber
actors hobbies shows
Actors always have things that they're not thrilled about on a show and have a hobby of bellyaching about those things. Jon Cryer
actors tough
It can be tough as a jobbing actor. Johnny Vegas
actors needs great-actors
To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer. Johnathon Schaech
actors my-own
I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own. Nicolas Cage
actors realizing
I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing. Nick Wechsler
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As an actor, you have to have your history. Nora Dunn
actors judgment
You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you're working with to make beauty. Nicole Kidman
actors sometimes hard
It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them. Miranda Otto
actors requirements roles
I know as an actor there is a certain liberation auditioning for a role that has no beauty requirements. Mireille Enos
actors imagine pretending
Marlon once said to me about being an actor: Can you imagine going to work every day and pretending to be someone else? Mike Medavoy
actors directors kind
I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other. Peter Dinklage
actors done shooting
That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?