Able Quote by Mike Leigh

When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make…

— Peter Mayhew

Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which…

— Tom Hardy

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar…

— Jennifer Lynch

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but…

— Christy Mathewson

Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is…

— Jack Lemmon

Actors are always being asked to speak. Sometimes there is a well-honed script, often there is not. But we are well-practised in the art…

— Maureen Lipman

Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.

— Sylvester Stallone

Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very…

— Richard Armitage

It's the hardest thing for an actor not to speak because you take away their main tool. So for an actor, it's very frustrating…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

There's not a lot of talking between actors - either between actors or between actors and directors. People think that they sit in rooms…

— Christopher Walken

You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor.

— George C. Wolfe

A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way…

— John Travolta