--- title: "1 Make Actor Quotes By Todd Solondz" description: "1 Make Actor quotes by Todd Solondz. Plus more from Todd Solondz and more Make Actor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/todd-solondz-10108_actor_you-try-to-make-them-comfortable-so-they_2278605.png" --- > [You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to make an actor shine. I'm of the mind that there's no one - you, your mother, anyone, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/you-try-to-make-them-comfortable-so-they-can-do-what-they-re-best-at/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/todd-solondz-10108_actor_you-try-to-make-them-comfortable-so-they_2278605.png) ## More by Todd Solondz > [Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/some-directors-hardly-talk-to-the-actors-at-all/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/the-funny-thing-is-strangers-still-seem-to-feel-comfortable-coming-up/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-part-of-what-you-re-trying-to-get-at-is-the-truth-hidden-under-a/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/for-me-new-jersey-is-kind-of-a-mythical-place-it-s-emblematic-of-a/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-always-have-to-presume-that-each-movie-is-my-last-movie-because-i/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-i-want-to-show-the-kind-of-meanness-people-are-capable-of-to/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-love-working-with-actors-if-you-cast-the-right-person-in-the-right/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/i-don-t-make-movies-with-the-idea-that-people-are-going-to-walk-out/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/usually-the-audience-has-no-idea-that-the-censored-version-of/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/what-s-most-insidious-about-mtv-is-that-it-commodifies-precisely/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/when-i-m-asked-who-my-audience-is-i-say-someone-with-an-open-mind/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [So much of what a pet is about for us is that it becomes a vessel for yearnings, dreams, illusions, hopes and so forth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/so-much-of-what-a-pet-is-about-for-us-is-that-it-becomes-a-vessel-for/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/like-everything-what-compels-one-to-put-pen-to-paper-is-a-great/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/it-s-one-of-the-great-gifts-of-having-so-little-money-that-you-are/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) > [The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-solondz/the-ability-to-take-pleasure-in-one-s-life-is-a-skill-and-is-a-kind/) [Todd Solondz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-solondz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-actor/todd-solondz/#itemlist", "name": "1 Make Actor Quotes By Todd Solondz", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. 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