Actor Quote by Casey Affleck

I think with every character I get, there's an approach that's appropriate. I feel like my own job is to interpret what there is…

— Keith Stanfield

Honestly, I look at the project and I look at the people attached and I look at the director. If it's a role that…

— Sasha Grey

All I've tried to do as an actor is follow the good writing. That's been my main drive. It's not always possible, so when…

— Cillian Murphy

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

— Famke Janssen

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals…

— Jason Priestley

If there is a suitable role for me in a film, then I will do it; otherwise I won't push myself into it.

— Manoj Kumar

Sometimes, I can read a great script, and I don't like the part, or I don't think I'm right for it. I mean, there…

— Richard Jenkins

The virtue you would like to have, assume it is already yours, appropriate it, enter into the part and live the character just as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in…

— Michael Rooker

If it's a great role or a great film, then you're happy to be a part of it.

— Guy Pearce

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

— Bruce Beresford