Actors Quote by Lynn Shelton

I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and…

— Dustin Hoffman

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

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

— Travis Fimmel

If you're locked to the words on the script, as good as those scripted words are, if you didn't have the time to rehearse…

— Mark Duplass

Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene.

— Kurt Sutter

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

I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing…

— Shailene Woodley

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 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

I think a large part of an actor's job in preparation is just making the words feel organic to them, and obviously they came…

— Zoe Kazan

A lot of actors think that the more lines they have the more attention they get. That's bullshit. I make people look at me.…

— Lee Van Cleef