Character Quote by Nicolas Cage

As actors, you have to keep showing variety in performance, as people are lazy to think about you in a different way.

— Shweta Tripathi

And, for any performer, to be able to go deep into character is fantastic. In film you only get to do that if you're…

— Cillian Murphy

I don't believe in overcooking the actors too much. Especially when it's a real performance that I'm looking for.

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Some people get really worried about non-actors, but I think you can get brilliant performances out of people.

— Gareth Edwards

People tend to think when you're on dramatic films, that it's all so heavy, but it's really not when you're working with great actors.

— Maria Bello

As actors, we are expected to come up with an exaggerated performance, which is far from reality.

— Vijay Antony

It is impossible to give a performance that makes you unaware of the fact that you're watching an actor and be really involved in…

— Regina King

Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

I think... as an actor, you never want to overspeak about something because, frankly, you want people to be excited about it but still…

— Nicholas D'Agosto

My performance is totally dependent on what the other actors are doing.

— Stellan Skarsgard

As an actor, the last thing you ever want to end up on is just a procedural show where you're just a talking head.…

— Laz Alonso

As an actor, overexposure can affect you negatively if you keep repeating yourself. But thankfully, my films are really different from each other.

— Varun Dhawan