Able Quote by Antony Starr

Some actors are frightened and concentrating so hard on their own performance, you don't feel that anything you do makes any difference. They're just…

— Mark Rylance

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress…

— Peter Farrelly

Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques you have…

— Terry Zwigoff

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way…

— John Travolta

When you're on set and you professionally listen to what the other actors have to say, then the emotion is naturally evoked.

— Shailene Woodley

An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.

— Alan Bates

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

— Maxine Peake

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for…

— Stuart Townsend

As an actor, you're putting yourself out there when you perform. You're bound to experience feelings of vulnerability because of this.

— Mpho Koaho

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

— Ian Mckellen

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

— Liev Schreiber

Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them. But actors are…

— Eddie Redmayne