Actor Quote by Stephen Frears Download Open image “I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.” — Stephen Frears ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Get Go Just Like Lot Right Takes Theatre Until
I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a handful of… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I like to have the actors do their thing. And then brief them what to do differently in take two. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
My job, as an actor, is to give the director options. You can only hope that the takes that you thought were the best… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I do prefer doing more takes. There's something very organic that comes from the first take, but certain things come out. More details come out, in the way another actor says something. It's always this investigative process. You come further and further to the truth, the more you escalate. I like to do a lot of takes. I have a… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share
I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you… — Robert Carlyle Copy Share Image
There are two different kinds of actors. There are people who take it just so damn seriously. Then there are guys like me that… — Scott Baio Copy Share Image
I think I've learned a lot working with actors as experienced as Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. They taught me that whatever happens during… — Dakota Blue Richards Copy Share Image
That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
If you are only getting two takes and you are on a crazy set where there is a lot of noise and distractions and… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I snootily say I can't take too many dramatic parts, as it's taking work from actors who aren't funny. — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot. — Sarah Chalke Copy Share Image
To be successful at anything, you need the right to fail, not just occasionally. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I have people around me. I have a semi-permanent crew. If I make a film, they just turn up. They don't even invite themselves.… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I want my films to get audiences. I am not interested in making them just for myself. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. Its not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts. — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
There's the physical life and the voice, but at some point you abandon all of that, you know what the spirit of the person… — Stephen Frears Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first… — Ana de Armas Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field. — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
