I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that. — 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
To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films. — 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
Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
In film, there are always things that could conceivably create artificiality in any performance. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
I've got so many stories about every film and show I've ever been in. — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
There are not many A-list directors who get to make the movies they want to make. I know two: Woody Allen and… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
A film is not going to change the world. But if it can do that to individuals on an individual level, I… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times. — 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
