All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music.… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
To do a portrait today, I decide how close I can get to my subject. First, of course, mentally or intellectually, then… — Victor Skrebneski Copy Share Image
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Dustin Hoffman was the greatest. He had so much information to give and he mesmerized me. He really feels for actors who… — Amy Weber Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script… — Laura Linney Copy Share Image
I know that I'm an actor and I guess I could kind of put on an act, but it takes so much… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
When you're an actor, you're so busy: people are always coming up to you and pulling your collar, making sure that things… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan… — Aidan Quinn Copy Share Image
You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble. Everything you… — Morten Tyldum Copy Share Image
It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I realized that public affairs were also my affairs. I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all… — Helen Gahagan Douglas Copy Share Image
First off I want to thank God, because he's the one I look up to, he's graced my life with opportunities that… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Actors are actors. They're all buddies. I've done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone. And… — Michael Rooker Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining [1980]. Nicholson was saying that, as… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
As a philosophical problem, it comes down to a better way to engage with the passage of time; and I think we're… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen. For… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
We write for actors and even down to the smallest character in the film, they all have their moment. You take that… — Todd Farmer Copy Share Image
It is the dissenter, the theorist, the aspirant, who is quitting this ancient domain to embark on seas of adventure, who engages… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not. Those are… — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your… — Aamir Khan Copy Share Image
A frequent change of role, and of the lighter sort - especially such as one does not like forcing one's self to… — Edwin Booth Copy Share Image
I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going… — Dominic Monaghan Copy Share Image
I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
During my career as a standup and actor, I realized it was very frustrating for me to get hired because Hollywood was… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
I'm playing right now a role, and the role is called the 'Heavyweight Champion of the World.' And it takes all of… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
Now, I don't know if we're at a place where we can see a nuanced transgender villain, because unless it can be… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
![“You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control…” quote by Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b4/damian-lewis-3773_actors_you-never-know-when-you-re-taking-a-job_1702940.jpg)
![“I remember hearing a good story about Jack Nicholson working with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining [1980]. Nicholson was saying that, as an actor, you always want to try to make things real. And believable. When he was working with Kubrick, he finished a take and said, "I feel like that was real."…” quote by Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3b/owen-wilson-10973_actors_i-remember-hearing-a-good-story-about-ja_3067132.jpg)
![“To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I asked him was, "This is a comedy, right?" he said, "Yeah, that's the whole point," and I said, "Okay, I'm in." I certainly wasn't imagining myself as a dramatic actor when I was running around in…” quote by Edward Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ec/edward-norton-2203_actors_to-me-fight-club-was-a-comedy-when-david_2837192.jpg)
