I've worked with a lot of wooden actors in my day, but Pinocchio is the best. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
People do not necessarily reveal what is going on - only bad actors do. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
For my generation of actors, it was about the theatre. Television didn't exist. Coaxial cable didn't exist. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
With 'Avatar,' you're beginning to see the need for less and less actors and less of an appreciation for live acting. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I love an actor who comes in, ready to work. It's like a good tennis player. They hit the ball where you… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober,… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The fact that I wound up doing television and film was just a thing that happened, but I was trained for the… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I was being groomed to be the theatrical caricaturist. And I know if I got that job, I'd never quit. So I… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've always felt, pound for pound, I'm one of the best guys around; but you get stuck in people's eyes in a… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
My best stuff as a teacher was always to find the problems within each individual actor, and I'll suggest things that I… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
A good director creates a playground for actors, and lets them go. The trick for a good director is in casting properly,… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The talented actor needs craft. When you do a stage play, you do it once each night in chronological order. In a… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that an actor should be able to pick up any piece of material and act it, the way… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I can take scripts directly to actors. Agents don't like to hear that. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Every young actor wants to do 'Hamlet' on the West End. Why? Because they can bring something to it. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
My best stuff as a teacher was always to find the problems within each individual actor, and I'll suggest things that I know that… — Martin Landau Copy Share
People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me… — Martin Landau Copy Share
You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it.… — Martin Landau Copy Share
I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25… — Martin Landau Copy Share
What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows what they… — Martin Landau Copy Share
I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to… — Martin Landau Copy Share
I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite. — Martin Landau Copy Share
An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself. — Martin Landau Copy Share
You can't perish because of your own feelings; you have to embrace those things as an actor because it's part of your palette. — Martin Landau Copy Share
I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that. — Martin Landau Copy Share
The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries… — Martin Landau Copy Share
