Actors Quote by George Clooney

With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have the characters…

— Steven Knight

I'm not an actor who is often asked to be in period things.

— James Nesbitt

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

— Gaspard Ulliel

You see, I was never a big fan of contemporary movies because they always make actresses and actors look too perfect.

— Kate Winslet

Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from…

— Christopher Nolan

It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern.

— Max von Sydow

Period dramas seem to take actors to the next level because they do so well in America.

— Tuppence Middleton

I always think the great parts outlive the actors that play them and that's a stage tradition, that goes back hundreds of years and…

— Hugh Jackman

Maybe people who aren't too interested in period pieces will be now because 'Bridgerton' is so contemporary, so modern.

— Claudia Jessie

Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film.

— Mark Bridges

Every actor wants to change things up a bit. You don't want to be pigeonholed, and not just because of what the industry might…

— Aidan Turner

As an ethnic actor, I still feel I can't be in 'Downton Abbey' or in period dramas.

— Kayvan Novak