Action Quote by Seth Grahame-Smith

In cinema we have all kinds of ways of communicating: cinematography, lighting, character performance. If you pay attention to silent era movie actors, they…

— Jenova Chen

It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where…

— Charlize Theron

Sometimes acting, particularly in film, can feel so contained. You need to be small and not overplay things, so it's such a relief to…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

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

Dialogue is not always the best way to show emotion, to show your thought process, or to reveal yourself, as a character.

— Mike Colter

When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between…

— Mike Leigh

For a long time now, movie characters have generally been articulate, even chatty. Call it the influence of Woody Allen, but we have become…

— Michelle Dean

When you're on set and you professionally listen to what the other actors have to say, then the emotion is naturally evoked.

— Shailene Woodley

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

When I go to the movie theater, I want to get emotion from the actors in the movie.

— Demba Ba

Every human being has a plethora of emotions. As an actor, we are lucky to take them out and portray onscreen. But in normal…

— Kay Kay Menon

...let the emotional weight of a scene rest on the dialogue wherever possible. This is the easy way to avoid overinterpretation, which seems to…

— Judith Guest