The way a character sounds is so important to how you're going to play him. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
A lot of the bad guys I've played just haven't had much dimension to them. — 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 try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me. — 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 more complicated the character, the better I am. It's the one-dimensional crap that I had to do for years that drove… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I don't like to do what I call 'the grunters' - a character who sits at a table and grunts and young… — 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
I like a character that is still alive and is necessarily thinking, and either grows or diminishes or whatever. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I create each character as an individual, coming from a certain place, sounding a certain way, having been introduced to things a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
People do not necessarily reveal what is going on - only bad actors do. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
An actor knows much more about a character than the character knows about himself. — 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 palette. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
