Quotes about actors
actors down-and directors
Some friends of mine who are actors feel directing shuts them down and kills all their impulses, but the worst thing for me is if I feel a director hasn't noticed. Cynthia Nixon
actors know-how knows
I love working with actors, and it's great that I'm an actor myself. I know how I like to be directed and how I like to be talked to. Courteney Cox
actors scripts hundred
I'm one of those actors where usually I'll read a script, and then I'll have a flurry of notes. I'll ask a hundred questions about things, and really get in there and examine it. Clive Owen
actors crafts young
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
actors emotion
You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.
actors young treats
You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.
actors too-much dialogue
I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.
actors taste chance
As a movie actor, once you've become known, you're observed all the time so you don't get the chance to observe anymore. You still get a taste of life but it's not quite the same and there's something to be said for a more anonymous life. Clint Eastwood
actors moments instinct
You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it.
actors can-do
One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life. Dustin Hoffman
actors pleasure enjoy
It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it. Ang Lee
actors
Actors are separated all the time. Amanda Seyfried
actors young young-actors
I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.
actors scripts sticks
There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.
actors film cry
I'm always curious about how actors cry on film. Anne Hathaway
actors animator pencils
An animator is an actor with a pencil. Chuck Jones
actors accidents
I became an actor by accident. Christopher Walken
actors young terrible
Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do. Ansel Elgort
actors garfield outstanding
I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield. Andrew Buchan
actors born made
Actors are not made, they are born. Angela Lansbury
actors timeless should
Actors should be timeless and impersonal. Anne Parillaud
actors sometimes
For actors, you've gotta sometimes fill in your backstory. Anna Gunn
actors enough bigs
When I'm working, it's those actors (you know who you are) who sit around moaning that their trailer isn't big enough, or how bad their facilities are. I can't be doing with any of that, I just like to get on with it. Anna Friel
actors knows
I became an actor because I didn't know what else to do. Academically, I wasn't good. Anthony Hopkins
actors want directors
I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.
actors knighthood stuff
The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.
actors tvs generations
I came from a generation of actors for whom TV was taboo. Alicia Silverstone
actors boring conversation
That's probably the most boring conversation you could hear - an actor talk about politics. I won't go there. Anne Heche
actors way different
There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable for me to watch. You always learn from them. Ana Gasteyer
actors persons screens
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. Alexander Payne
actors easier persons
It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can do a stunt. Doug Liman
actors
I am an actor through and through. Dougray Scott
actors life-experience draws
Like any other actor, I draw on life experience. Donnie Yen