Actor Quote by Ioan Gruffudd

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

— Tony Kushner

“Research about Movies”

— Research about Movies

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

— John Noble

It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.

— John Gilpin

I don't want to make films that are so specialized that they're only accessible to people with prior knowledge or histories or references.

— Hito Steyerl

Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.

— Nicolas Cage

Actually it's a gift as an actor to cover such different parts of history. It's like time travelling, being inside a history book, in…

— Sebastian Koch

I frequently have scenes that take place in places I've never been or characters who have professions that I know nothing about that I've…

— Jane Jensen

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

— Dwayne Johnson

For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.

— Sam Mendes

I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.

— Gedde Watanabe

I don't want to do a biopic. If there was one biopic I would do, it would be about my grandfather, the late N.…

— N. T. Rama Rao, Jr