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I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light.

I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.

When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

I can fight with all actors, I can face them and win, but I cannot fight aliens.

The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters.

I'm not one of those actors who sits around the table and intellectualizing anything, or discusses much of anything. Everything for me is intuitive and instinctive.

A lot of actors say that no villain wants to be a villain, generally. They don't might being evil, maybe, but they have an agenda that they can justify. Otherwise, a little bit of that tension goes, if you're just a villain and everyone hates you because you're mean.

Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.

I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.

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

A lot of actors talk about how much they love the people they work with, and that's true, to a certain extent, but Texas and I had a very strong bond, right from the beginning. I think Texas made a mental decision to just be on my side, 110%.

And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors. I just said, \'This is something to get on board with.\'

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

Actors can become very involved in a role, but for a director or producer, that's your life for many years.

Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion.

Actors are very good at not revealing anything, so they're safe.

The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.

Often in films there's more of allowing the actors to make the dialogue fit better in their own. Also, you get to a location and the geography is different, so the lines don't line up the right way, so you do have to change stuff.

The best actors in the world are the actors who don't keep the walls up all the time and allow themselves the potential to be embarrassed.

The weird thing is that, with actors, filmmakers and directors, it doesn't really matter if it's Robert Downey Jr., who's one of the biggest stars in the world, when you start to work, he's a hardworking actor. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who's a big star and who's an unknown actor from wherever. It's all about the work you do.

OSS 117 and maybe Un Balcon Sur La Mer directed by Nicole Garcia. It's a typical French movie with typical French themes with French actors, a French director ...

You know I grew up on the Batman movies, and they had some terrific actors in, but you know a lot of the other ones - it wasn't always the case that you had people the caliber of Jeff Bridges or Robert Downey, so to kind of show up and work with Jeremy Renner or Robert or with Mark Ruffalo, any of them, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, the caliber of people you're acting with, to me, is really fun. From the first day I started doing scenes with Robert, it's been one of the funnest experiences I've ever had.

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

All people are half actors.

I'd love to see the rushes but it's just not allowed because directors and also a lot of actors feel that if they see their work, and the director likes what they're doing, the actor might try to correct their mistakes.

To be honest with you, I get a little fed up with actors who act crazy to make themselves more interesting.

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the actors I'll meet them or talk to them on the phone. What I want is for them to come on set knowing their lines and knowing who the character is.