Like Quote by Sean Mathias

Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for…

— Stuart Townsend

There are actors who make no decisions about how to play something until they're in the moment, looking into their scene partner's eyes. So…

— Anthony Heald

For an actor, that's exciting, to not know exactly where things are going to go next and to also be able to deal with…

— Simone Missick

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

— Colin Firth

There are many actors who, whatever they do, they pretty much play themselves.

— Rena Sofer

The actors bring their own stuff and thoughts, and most of the time, I don't want to know what they are. It allows me…

— Yorgos Lanthimos

As an actor, you're kind of aware of everything, or you try to be, so you take in certain habits or find certain things,…

— Cedric Yarbrough

As an actor, you look at some people and know if they're there with you or not.

— Finn Wittrock

I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.

— John Travolta

As actors, we often look for the scene, big moments that say, 'This is why you have to do this role.'

— David Morse

Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.

— Claire Danes