There may have been great scripts, and perfect actors to fill the roles, but those pilot projects could be stopped at an… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
[In comedy] you never want to leave the actors hanging out to dry. So you need to come up with funny individual… — Jeff Schaffer Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End,… — Tom Courtenay Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that, as actors, we have an endless supply of money, and you don't. It comes in waves,… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor.… — Dominique McElligott Copy Share Image
I know this might sound a little cliche but, I feel like everybody is searching for the same thing, and that is… — Tyler Blackburn Copy Share Image
It isn't called TV money for nothing. There was a time where I paid my rent by doing theater for years, and… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
My biggest emotional defeat and the greatest emotional pain I've had as an actor was when "Wild Wild West" opened up to… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the… — Chris Sarandon Copy Share Image
Acting is the great love of my life. It gives you permission to use all parts of yourself. Permission to be the… — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
I live in L.A. and I do have wonderful friends; I moved there when I was 19 so I developed a close… — Adelaide Clemens Copy Share Image
I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Actors work for many reasons. Sometimes you do it because the material is good. Sometimes you do it because the paycheck is… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
Most good actors you work with, they actually bring something to the creative process and to the script. They help shape the… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for… — Richard Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Too many young actors are strutting about and doing films without having developed some of the depth you need to bring off… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I've learned more and more on each show that I've done. I've been blessed and I've gotten to work with some very… — Steven R. McQueen Copy Share Image
We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
A man writing a letter is a man in the act of thinking, and it was an exercise Reagan obviously enjoyed. After… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
If I was ever to ask advice, it could be from any actor or showrunner or writer. I wouldn't necessarily ask an… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
My stuff is generally quite collage-y anyway. So it's sort-of suited to gathering raw materials like shooting actors, then making stills or… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
Honestly, every person, every individual has a process, and my philosophy, whether it's an actor or an animator, is you try to… — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to work with a company of actors of such different ages, experience and talents. I'm one of a generation brought… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured everyone was going to freak out and… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo… — Ed Westwick Copy Share Image
Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think… — Alice Eve Copy Share Image
Constraint theory argues a number of things. First, that the impossible has to be identified. Second, that the actor is then constrained… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
![“[In comedy] you never want to leave the actors hanging out to dry. So you need to come up with funny individual stories for each character, and then you do this sort of comedy geometry, weaving them together. Once you've got a funny structure and you know why the scenes are funny, then you get…” quote by Jeff Schaffer](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/34d/jeff-schaffer-61497_actors_in-comedy-you-never-want-to-leave-the-ac_2937400.jpg)
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