Able Quote by Malcolm D. Lee

The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed.

— Charlize Theron

I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there…

— Eddie Redmayne

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.

— Alexander Payne

I think as actors we just have to appreciate what we've been given. We have got such a tendency to moan all the time!…

— Joanna Page

I think playing a comic role is the toughest job for an actor; to put glycerin and cry is easy, but to make people…

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

sometimes in comedy you can make the audience feel poignancy stronger than you can with tears or anguish.

— Shelley Winters

As an actor, you think you have to go really far and deep and cry and yell to be good in a scene. Sometimes…

— Berenice Bejo

Bad actors try to cry, and good actors try not to. Bad actors try to laugh, and good actors try not to.

— Martin Landau

A lot of TV and film commits to one tone.

— Reed Morano

As everyone knows, comedy is the toughest emotion to handle. Everything about it is difficult - writing, directing and acting.

— Vivek

A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.

— Julian Fellowes

Though both films and television sell emotions, let's not deny that it's way more challenging for small-screen actors to earn their respect.

— Jennifer Winget