“(On period costume posture coaching:) "We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.” — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies. — Kelly Lynch Copy Share Image
My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I heard Bob Weinstein actually likened actors to baseball players. You work for a while then all of a sudden you go… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
When you're doing a play you get to go full speed ahead, all night, in front of an audience. It's a roller-coaster… — Sean Patrick Thomas Copy Share Image
I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy. — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor.… — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can… — Jon Turteltaub Copy Share Image
The advice you give to young directors for sure is to go out and become some version of a successful movie actor.… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
For me, the best experience is to get to watch all of these different actors that come to the different seasons and… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to be perfectly normal -- about twenty-five, a… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I think I probably think about myself as an actor, which is the way most people do. I think I'm good, I… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
I enjoy the physicality a little more, with Vinnie Paz [in Bleed for This] that was the most prep I've ever had… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a… — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything. — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined. — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?" — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of character actors like Johnny Depp and Gary Oldman. My goal is to continue playing character roles in… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Let's point out the elephant in the room: Actor bands are not notoriously successful enterprises. I can't think of any. — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In… — Fred Williamson Copy Share Image
Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now… — Brenda Blethyn Copy Share Image
You can't ever let yourself be thrown by a camera. That's never good for an actor. When you're reading the script, you… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
Most actors have a process that they can go through, that they rely on, or that they've discovered, and that can evolve… — Thomas Jane Copy Share Image
The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
It's just unfair that talent of color aren't given the same opportunities as white and male actors, directors, producers, writers, et cetera. — Darnell M. Hunt Copy Share Image
I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired… — Joe Pantoliano Copy Share Image
Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of… — Frank Langella Copy Share Image
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing. — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe. — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
The working standards on television in our country are really bad. The sad part is that many actors take this deal because… — Barun Sobti Copy Share Image
I'm friends with many actors across the southern film industry, who've been my co-stars, too, and with whom I share a great… — Shamna Kasim Copy Share Image
As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these… — Moran Atias Copy Share Image
The sole aim of the arts of scene-designing, costuming, lighting, is to enhance the natural powers of the actor. — Robert Edmond Jones Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
![“I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what any of them are thinking.] Which is much more of a cinematic technique. Something written in third person objective is what the camera sees. Because…” quote by George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/170/george-r-r-martin-2-926_action_i-don-t-like-the-strictly-objective-view_234026.jpg)
![“I enjoy the physicality a little more, with Vinnie Paz [in Bleed for This] that was the most prep I've ever had to do for a film, that was a legit like 7 months of diet and working out. And then I was able to do like an accent, I was able to change myself physically, I was able to do a lot of the…” quote by Miles Teller](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bc0/miles-teller-7696_able_i-enjoy-the-physicality-a-little-more-wi_264109.jpg)
![“We [black actors] are more respected in Europe, because in Europe, I'm not a black actor - I'm an action star. In America, I'm a black actor.” quote by Fred Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/6b3/fred-williamson-70501_action_we-black-actors-are-more-respected-in-eu_1469897.jpg)
![“The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e02/abbas-kiarostami-2631_actors_the-film-close-up-made-itself-to-a-large_3127328.jpg)
