“To be an actor you need various things. You need to have a head for choosing the roles. You have to be, hopefully, easy to work with so people enjoy working with you. You have to deal with missing roles, with not being asked to work, with doing good work and then being castigated by the critics for it. You have to have a skin that can deal with all of that. I, fortunately, seem to have the makeup which allows me to deal with the business. I mean, not as everybody.” PeopleNeedsMeanSeemsActorsEasyEnjoyDealsRolesMissingSkinsCriticsVariousHopefullyMakeupGood WorkDoing Good Author:Jeremy Irons
“The great thing about acting is, because you're constantly playing other characters and exploring yourself because you have to find those other characters in yourself, you sort of broaden as a person over your life because you've been other people. So you can empathize with many different sorts of people. It's great in that way and I hope, therefore, as you get older as an actor, you not only get more interesting because you lived more, but you get a bit wiser as a person.” PeopleWayPersonsDifferentCharacterActorsBitsInterestingActingGreat ThingsOver YouWiserExploring Author:Jeremy Irons
“Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.” ActorsVoiceWrittenMinesSingers Author:Jeremy Irons
“Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.” ActorsSuccessful Author:Jeremy Irons
“I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me.” ThinkingCharacterActorsAliensCharacteristicsSwaggerCharacter ActorsSwag Author:Jeremy Irons
“What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.” IfsWayTryingFacesFallActorsOpportunityRiskSurpriseWorth It Author:Jeremy Irons
“Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up.” WantChildrenActorsActingTakenBehave Author:Jeremy Irons
