Actors Quote by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.

— Dee Rees

A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me.…

— Lee Van Cleef

Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line was good…

— Kenya Barris

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of…

— Georgina Campbell

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand…

— Maureen O'Hara

When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so…

— Will Arnett

Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because…

— Wong Kar-wai

I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see…

— John Mahoney

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to…

— William Monahan

I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing…

— Shailene Woodley

A lot of actors, you can't get them to shut up. Instead of listening and watching, they're always telling you something.

— Mark Rylance

I think it's one of the nicest privileges as an actor is to know that you can move people in one moment, make them…

— Gerard Butler