Acting Quote by Jimmy Smits

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something. But I…

— Ashley Thomas

Actors can write and produce too. Then when I was working on Jason Bourne­ - having had that experience - instead of going back…

— Julia Stiles

Nothing else is as fulfilling as playing a part in which you are able to have a significant say in the creative process all…

— Tom Hollander

As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents…

— Navid Negahban

So many more actors would be so much happier with the process of going to work, the process of auditioning, which is another part…

— Simone Missick

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

— Maura Tierney

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there…

— Jordan Peele

You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do to get the…

— Cary Fukunaga

I've produced before, and sometimes it's by default. In the indie level, you can't just come to set and be like, 'Oh, I'm an…

— Sung Kang

I think it's very important for any actor to eventually produce, and create the projects they want to create. I believe it's all a…

— Michael Eklund

Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if it's not…

— Johnny Flynn

As an actor, you create your own ideas.

— Alex Borstein