Playing a drunk doesn't mean being a drunk, only bad actors try to be drunk. A real drunk tries to be sober, he wants another drink. How a character hides their feelings tells us who they are, no one shows… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
If it bothers me on the page, I don't do it. If it attracts me on the page and moves me, makes me think a bit, makes me laugh, makes me cry, I'm interested in it. If it's there on… — 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
