Adjusted Quote by George Cukor

Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves,…

— Grace Jones

It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure…

— Chaz Bundick

It makes sense that it's so different from film and television, because it's so in-depth. As actors, when we're in film or television, we…

— Zachary Quinto

Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other…

— Jackie Cooper

Sometimes it can get overburdened with nuance - the actors find all sorts of different spins on the lines that can lose simplicity and…

— Gregory Doran

There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.

— Tom Conti

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.

— Margaret Rutherford

A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for…

— Jason Statham

I'll just say that there are times when TV shows, like 'The Honeymooners' or 'I Love Lucy' or something, where they're totally in their…

— Fred Armisen

There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting.

— Greg Kinnear

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

— John Wells

Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.

— David Ayer