Actors Quote by William H. Macy

I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing…

— Shailene Woodley

Sometimes it can get overburdened with nuance - the actors find all sorts of different spins on the lines that can lose simplicity and…

— Gregory Doran

Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.

— Dee Rees

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

— Roger Rees

I realize how much I rely on the actors to really know the lines because I tend to forget what they are exactly, even…

— Noah Baumbach

I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing…

— Shailene Woodley

I don't believe there is any line bad enough that a good actor can't save.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be…

— John Francis Daley

Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to…

— William Monahan

I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to…

— Mark Waters

How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I can guarantee this to you: every single actor has had a dream of walking on stage on press night and realising that they…

— Ray Fearon