When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
The two things that will defeat a lot of young actors are fear of failure and lack of preparation. With acting, I… — Tom Selleck Copy Share Image
I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made.… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then somebody… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Spirituality promotes passivity when the domain of spirit is defined as outside the world. When this world is the terrain of spirit,… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
It's not uncommon to hear people say that the re-entry into their lives is very hard. A lot of actors say that… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if… — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants… — Nathalie Emmanuel Copy Share Image
If I only did TV show, I'd probably not be the happiest girl. I love the show, but I'm an actor and… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
Usually, when making a film, the surprises are negative surprises. You don't get what you wanted or what you hoped for. The… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
We discover that we do not know our role; we look for a mirror; we want to remove our make-up and take… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same… — Richard Estes Copy Share Image
I love voice over work. To me, voice over and animation is such an art, because you focus solely on your voice.… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
As actors, we need public relations to campaign for our next possible role, and any media promoting our work seems positive in… — Carson Grant Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation… — Juliet Stevenson Copy Share Image
I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
I think the writing and the casting and all of that has so much to do with actors becoming their characters. I… — Scott Michael Foster Copy Share Image
I don't know whether it's spiritual development or trying to learn the psychologically with being an actor, but I realise the more… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
Earlier, actors had a lot of power in their hands. And now, it has gone in the hands of the directors and… — Bhumi Pednekar Copy Share Image
All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you… — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being an actor, and especially when you're a woman trying to also have a family and a relationship,… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and mysterious and never make the obvious choice in terms of the projects they… — Scarlett Johansson Copy Share Image
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
It's really hard to copy another actor and be successful. In fact, that's usually the reason people are not good, because they're… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
Some economists became obsessed with market efficiency and others with market failure. Generally held to be members of opposite schools-freshwater and saltwater,… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my… — Josh Charles Copy Share Image
When you're younger you have a lot of ideas and you're probably more insecure, all those things. I work with young actors… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
It's really easy to finish a movie and sort of immediately dive into the next one, because I love working with actors… — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck… — Linus Roache Copy Share Image
![“I enjoyed meeting Emma [Watson]. I have a soft spot in my heart for child actors growing up. I know how hard that is. Having gone through that experience myself, I have a lot of sensitivity to it. For lack of a better word, I just feel like I love these kids, and I want them all to grow up and…” quote by Ethan Hawke](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/441/ethan-hawke-1828_actors_i-enjoyed-meeting-emma-watson-i-have-a-s_2621446.jpg)
![“You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.” quote by Paula Patton](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/2c0/paula-patton-11845_actors_you-just-can-t-take-yourself-too-serious_1600211.jpg)
