Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as… — Janet Jackson Copy Share Image
I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a… — Eric Lange Copy Share Image
Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in… — Dan Fogelman Copy Share Image
Some stuntmen become actors, but Hollywood is a caste-oriented society. Most of the time you just don't have the opportunity to get… — Hal Needham Copy Share Image
The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
In the performer's body, you don't care how you look. It doesn't matter if you're old, fat, beautiful, or ugly. It doesn't… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
I have been doing this since I was nine years old. So whatever the role is, I am going to do the… — Darius McCrary Copy Share Image
When you're doing comedy on stage, it's great because you have the audience there and they're like another actor in the scene.… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
The celebrity mill is so active these days that actors can make careers out of being themselves, and I don't know that… — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage… — D. W. Griffith Copy Share Image
It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor;… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not about sitting around on set and having a cigarette or something. It's about acting. The more… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I think, sometimes, actors having a holistic view of what they're in can be overrated. Especially when you're playing somebody as narcissistic… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
According to the management expert Peter F. Drucker, the term "entrepreneur" (from the French, meaning "one who takes into hand") was introduced… — David Bornstein Copy Share Image
It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work, you know, and… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not.… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I would like to see more of the making of just regular television shows. Like the casting process. I think it's so… — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence,… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
I guess I could say I'm an actor, which I am, but that sounds like I'm putting down being a movie star,… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
To me, Elijah Wood is one of the best actors of my generation. He's so incredibly present and in the moment, when… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
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There's music in my films but you seldom hear it. Very early I got the idea that the important things in films… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
I'm always aware that there's a trick to television to prevent an actor from becoming too lazy. Once you become too familiar… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
Movies now, you can watch a trailer for a movie on TV now and you're not sure if it's a video game… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
God calls us to worship, but in many instances we are in entertainment, just running a poor second to the theaters. That… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
I always feel that I'm sort of co-directing with my fellow actors. And you can tell when something's going on that really… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
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I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this… — James Gray Copy Share Image
Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige,… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not. A comedian is someone who can stand… — Eugene Levy Copy Share Image
Honestly, it's the luck of the draw. If you are comfortable with the actor that you're opposite of - it just breaks… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
As an actor, demonstrating your feelings in front of people is not what you're supposed to be doing. You're supposed to hold… — James Hong Copy Share Image
I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk… — Sally Kirkland Copy Share Image
Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school, so right… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
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