actors Quotes

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors.

The young actors coming out of the Universities are well trained.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.

I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.

I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.

As a runner on a film, you are the lowest of the low, and yet you have incredible access to everyone. I can totally imagine that for actors in the middle of a Hollywood bubble, all they really want is a sense of normality, and that gopher can be a tap for that.

You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.

I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.

I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways. They trust me and I trust them. And I know what I'm going to get from them, to an extent. It's just fun, kind of creating this little family.

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

You're following your track, the story, your only plan, your map for the audience, and all the other stuff is, like, the fun stuff: the costumes, the locations, the set-dressing and the actors. They can all be variable as you like if you stick - however roughly - to the path.

My department is to get actors to do stuff.

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.

Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.

Actors always have opinions.