Accepting Quote by Gena Rowlands

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.

— Gena Rowlands

I think Shakespeare, at his heart, was just the way all of us are that make movies: He wanted to entertain people.

— Kelly Asbury

I've obviously always been aware of actor-oriented films, being an actor. Altman and Cassavetes were really strong. And then I realized their structures were…

— John Cameron Mitchell

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

— Luke Evans

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

— Billy Crystal

Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other…

— Tobey Maguire

I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do.

— Elizabeth Marvel

An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I…

— Nicholas Ray

Plays are frequently infected with ideas that came from actors or even sound engineers. Some Shakespeare scholars wonder whether some of the Bard's lines…

— Clive Thompson

“needed the very famous actor to know that you could be ordinary and attempt something extraordinary, without being able to explain it in a…

— Rachel Joyce

I've always believed acting is an improvisational art form, even when not a single line is changed. I mean, the behavior should always be…

— Trevor St. John

You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.

— John Wells