We live in the golden age of character actors - in an age…

Every once and a while somebody writes a script, but even regardless of what age you are, most of the actors would all agree…

— Clint Eastwood

In the Victorian age, actors played Romeo until they were 60 or 70 years old.

— Roger Rees

We both [with Suzanne Collins ] felt strongly that you wouldn't want to age up the characters, no matter the age of the actors…

— Nina Jacobson

In '13 Assassins' the biggest challenge was that action period films, for budget reasons and because of the age of the actors involved, are…

— Takashi Miike

The great character actors are now the actors whose work has the element of ritual sacrifice once claimed by the DeNiros of the world,…

— Tom Junod

Character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and James Gandolfini have found themselves getting more and more leading roles because they are permitted to behave…

— Tom Junod

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve…

— Edward Burns

I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on the characteristics…

— Ben Barnes

Unfortunately, when you're working in film, it's this huge machine, and you've got to get everyone right there, so you get kind of locked…

— Darren Aronofsky

I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and…

— Kit Harington

James McAvoy is one of my favorite actors of all time.

— Betty Buckley

All those women I work with are just so awesome. Then there's just people too, like James LeGross is one of the great chameleon…

— Kelly Reichardt

On my set, people have to respect the actor's process. I totally respect what actors do. I give them whatever time they need, and…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Whenever I don't have anything to do, I play Candy Crush or Scrabble. We actors have time between shots, which we need to kill.…

— Barun Sobti

Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.

— Cate Blanchett