Actor Quote by Jefferson Mays Download Open image “Some actors start with the right shoes. I start with the right hats.” — Jefferson Mays ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Hats Right Shoes Some Start Theatre
I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share
For me, an actor is a person who makes characters like a cobbler makes shoes. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story. — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character. — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to put my feet into different characters and not play the stereotypical type thing, to let me grow as an actor. — Xzibit Copy Share Image
I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise… — Emmy Rossum Copy Share Image
Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and I don't… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
On 'Saturday Night Live,' you wear so many hats there. You're the prop person, the actor, you're everything. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
Every actor has his or her own style, so it is the duty of the director to mould it the way they want. — Priyadarshan Copy Share Image
There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
You can really get your chops in shape in the resident theatres, and I urge anyone to investigate them and to be willing to… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character. — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
It's such a rare and rewarding thing to be in control of space and time for two hours a night, to go through a… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and this and… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
A musical sweeps you along, like you're on a magic carpet ride of sorts. But you have to keep up. — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood -… — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! People had long intermissions, probably. — Jefferson Mays Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I… — Karthi Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't have a regular job. He is dependent upon the roles which are given him. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
