Actors Quote by Lee Van Cleef

Actors are magical people. They can take words you wrote and say them in a way that, although you thought the line was good…

— Kenya Barris

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to…

— William Monahan

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I…

— Oren Peli

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be…

— John Francis Daley

Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.

— Dee Rees

How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to…

— Ryan Gosling

Some actors are better with words than me. I prefer to play it rather than say it - and keep people thinking.

— Travis Fimmel

I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it frustrating because…

— Romola Garai

I really am not overly comfortable with attention to be honest. Paradoxically I've noticed this is a pretty common trait amongst actors. You like…

— Killian Scott

As an actor, you have many tools - your body, your voice, your emotions, mentally. In film, you have your eyes because they communicate…

— Hugh Jackman