“There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.” ThinkingFeelsReasonPhilosophyChoicesActorsToo MuchDirectorsGood Directors Author:Toby Jones
“The prosthetics were interesting because the artist was so good that they could just put a Hitchcock mask on me, but you don't want to do that. You're an actor playing Hitchcock, so it's about how much of that you're going to do.” WantArtistActorsInterestingMaskHitchcockProsthetics Author:Toby Jones
“There are far more good actors than there are jobs for them, so it's a big question of luck.” BigsJobsActorsLuckGood ActorsBig Questions Author:Toby Jones
“I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“We're interested by public personas and private personas, otherwise we wouldn't put on with actors rambling on with the same kind of stuff, over and over again, saying variations of the same thing. I'm always amazed by how fascinated people still are by actors because it's the same version of events that actors describe, all the time.” PeopleKindStillsActorsStuffEventsVersionsFascinatedAmazedVariationPersonaRambling Author:Toby Jones
“When you're training as an actor, a lot of the big work you're learning is to treat fictional characters like real people. You don't have the problem of discovering a backstory with real people, but there's always a mystery which is common to both fictional and factual characters. They are never quite the person you think they are.” PeopleThinkingPersonsRealCharacterProblemBigsActorsCommonMysteryTrainingTreatsDiscoveringNever QuitFactualFictional Character Author:Toby Jones
“We're blessed with, as we were on 'Harry Potter,' lead actors who are amazingly grounded people.” PeopleActorsBlessedHarry PotterGroundedPotters Author:Toby Jones
“All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.” FeelsMaySeemsActorsNaturalEventsRedJournalistCarpetRed Carpet Author:Toby Jones
“But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of being an actor.” ThinkingChildrenRunningCertainActorsShareElementsApproachDeniedRunning AwayCircusPragmatic Author:Toby Jones
