I try to always be open to what the actors want to try. I don't storyboard and try to be intuitive and… — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you're going to work in English, you'd better work with… — Norman Jewison Copy Share Image
Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
I just crushed Stranger Things. It's got one of my favorite actors, David Harbour. And obviously Breaking Bad and stuff like that. — Boyd Holbrook Copy Share Image
Two types of films: those that employ the resources of the theater (actors, direction, etc...) and use the camera in order to… — Robert Bresson Copy Share Image
Actors are pulled in so many different directions that unless you both are absolutely into it through thick and thin and completely… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
I'm still an athlete, I'm still a stockbroker, I'm still an actor. I think of it as more of an opening of… — Brian J. White Copy Share Image
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
Real quality in roles is very hard to come by. Any actor or actress will tell you that. Great movies are hard… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
As an actor, I was not accepted for the longest time. But it did not deter me, as the audience had accepted… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want… — Andrew Lau Copy Share Image
I feel that I'd rather know an actors' work, or have an instinct about them and sit down and have coffee with… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and… — Dane DeHaan Copy Share Image
I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
If you're working with a director you trust, you can turn that part of you off that wants to direct other actors… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
Ive always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites… — Gia Coppola Copy Share Image
You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the… — Jon Lovitz Copy Share Image
Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective. — Roddy Woomble Copy Share Image
I'm not one of those actors that goes to watch the playback, after every take. I really don't like it, and I… — Meaghan Rath Copy Share Image
I think great directors really respect their actors and vice versa. That mutual respect makes the job fun instead of anything but. — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I… — Bruce Davison Copy Share Image
Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
All you ever really want is a great character and great writing. As an actor, that's the juiciest sandwich you could ever… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along. — Victoria Pratt Copy Share Image
I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it,… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it. — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
Everything that I've done was prudent and never has anyone gotten hurt in my films - not a single actor, not a… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy. — Peter Mullan Copy Share Image
When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas. It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
George Clooney is a super-human, he's just such an amazing human being, he taught me how to be a better person and… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
I like my job and I want to do well at it but I think there's much more integrity to being a… — Jessica Lucas Copy Share Image
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and… — Gene Hackman Copy Share Image
