Actor Quote by Sydney Greenstreet

Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a…

— Ralph Waite

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and…

— Martin Scorsese

An actor's only perception is of their character, and they're looking at one piece. A writer is looking at the entire story. They're going…

— Julie Plec

One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let the camera…

— Mary Harron

When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor,…

— Casey Affleck

I feel that doing theater does give you a good grounding to work on camera. The audience is the lens.

— Julian Ovenden

Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.

— Amanda Schull

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera…

— Matthew Gray Gubler

You carry that through and adapt it to a camera lens, but you're quite right, you cannot be sure of what an audience is…

— John Hurt

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly…

— Annette Bening

If you are a good actor, then all you have to do is give your best shot every time when you are in front…

— Rithvik Dhanjani

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.

— Mike Leigh