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Quotes about acting and actors
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I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work. (Coyote Peter)
Also, Brad and I started a charity last year called the Clothes off our Back. And it's exactly that. We got the Emmy nominees and presenters to donate their gowns and their tuxedos to charity. (Coyote Peter)
Brad is much more of a workout person. He wakes up every morning and does his yoga and can't go to bed without doing some kind of exercise. (Coyote Peter)
“[When fresh content is added on Mondays, box office stars are often prime targets. One article reports that the Screen Actors Guild changed its name to the] Screen Appearance Guild ... According to a little known SAG by-law, if three or more individuals with no discernible acting talent who got roles only out of kitsch value join SAG the union may no longer call itself the Screen Actors Guild, as the name is no longer an accurate description of its membership.” (Coyote Peter)
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Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not. (Coyote Peter)
A lot of time I was acting to nobody. (Coyote Peter)
Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality. (Coyote Peter)
When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered. (Coyote Peter)
Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them. (Coyote Peter)
Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings. (Coyote Peter)
It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that! (Coyote Peter)
Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines. (Coyote Peter)
The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy. (Coyote Peter)
But I'm not objective when I'm acting. (Coyote Peter)
In each scene, actors and directors try to find an unexpected moment or subtext that's not obvious in the writing. (Coyote Peter)
I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far. (Coyote Peter)
I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago. (Coyote Peter)
“He allows his actors freedom to explore,” (Coyote Peter)
“There's no nudity in those sex scenes, but they were the most emotionally draining ones I've ever done,” (Coyote Peter)
“I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent.” (Coyote Peter)
Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does. (Coyote Peter)
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. (Coyote Peter)
“I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like.” (Coyote Peter)
I don't even like watching sex scenes in movies. I have a slight prudish side to me. (Coyote Peter)
We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting. (Coyote Peter)
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