“For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.” CharacterFilmFormCertainChallengesActingPeriodsHistoricalBurdenBackgroundsContemporaryGestures Author:Donnie Yen
“I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'” WritingFirstsHeartLittlesPlayFilmActingAuditions Author:Jonah Hill
“Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.” DoeRealEyeFilmFunTermActingCreativeDirectorsTheaterSheerAbsolutely NothingAdrenalineCreative FreedomFilm Acting Author:Mara Wilson
“I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsStillsSometimesFilmActingPlansOffersAppreciatePursueRespect MeFilm Acting Author:Mara Wilson
“Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.” PeopleFilmYoungActorsViewsActingQualityWatchesMessagesRubiesGood Acting Author:Brian J. White
“The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.” PeopleFilmActingDoubtLateMusic IsSincerityBeing MyselfFilm Acting Author:Riz Ahmed
“I went to this massive co-ed school for the first time when I was 16. Everyone there had been together since elementary school, and I found it quite difficult, especially when I'd never stepped into a classroom with boys. So I started looking out in the community for a social outlet. I started getting involved in student films and community theater. Acting began as a hobby.” FirstsSchoolTogetherFilmFoundSocialDifficultCommunityActingBoysStudentsInvolvedFirst TimeTheaterMassiveClassroomHobbiesOutletsElementary School Author:Holland Roden
“I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.” JobsFilmActingCareersMomIndependentMovedMy MomPursueAtmosphereLos AngelesCastingIndependent Film Author:Thomas Ian Nicholas
“I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration span, it seemed to suit my personal style of performance, and I have fallen in love with film acting.” FilmLevelsActingStylePerformancesSuitsFallenConcentrationPrimalPersonal StyleFilm Acting Author:Ron Perlman
“All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.” IfsWantWritingMeanEnoughFilmThreeRoomsActingMaterialsScriptsVersionsRhythmShootingEfficientFilmmakingEditingHarvestManipulateCoverage Author:Alexander Payne
“A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of the characters. A screenplay is 120 pages, and it's all dialogue and action. The pacing of films is different, the structure is often different, and the internal lives of the characters must come across through the acting. Movies are just a different experience than reading - so it just depends on what an individual prefers.” BookDifferentCharacterActionFilmReadingIndividualActingDependsReaderPagesStructureDialogueProseInternalsGlimpseScreenplaysPacingDifferent Experiences Author:Nicholas Sparks
“In the beginning my energy and passion for acting came from an almost punk rock need to express a lot of anger wherever that may have come from. As I got older, it became or is coming more from a place of wanting to use the craft to help others in some way, to hold a mirror up to the situations that we're going through, to actually be more cautious about the way that I use the power of film and to see if there's anything that I can do in the performances that will resonate in the public a similar string that's on people's minds and is on my mind. That way we have that relationship.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsMindMayI CanHelpingUseFilmPassionEnergyCan DoActingSituationRocksPerformancesMirrorsHelping OthersCraftsStringsPunkCautiousPunk Rock Author:Nicolas Cage
“The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.” EyeFilmGivenActingGenerationsHeroAdvantageInventionOur GenerationDubious Author:Robert Brustein
“On the day we filmed the scene, a bee stung me. I screamed and cried so much they called a doctor, and my father said, "It can't hurt that badly!" But it wasn't the pain that upset me, it was the thought that I mightn't be in the film. Already the little professional.” LittlesSaidPainFilmActorsFatherHurtActingSceneAmbitionDoctorsUpsetBeesCried Author:Natasha Richardson
“On student films, everyone is pitching in to do everything, and I never felt like I was a part of a group before I started acting. I always felt like I had friends in this group and I had friends in that group, but I never felt like I had my group.” FilmFeltActingGroupsStudentsPitching Author:Mickey Sumner
“From an outsider's perspective, it's amazing what [Clint Eastwood] does. If he's not directing a film, he's acting in it, or rather he's composing the music for that film. His commitment to what he does is astounding for all of us to witness. It's inspiring, actually.” IfsDoeFilmActingPerspectiveCommitmentWitnessOutsidersComposing Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I love challenging myself, doing different things and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before. That's what I love about acting, and that's what I love about film.” DifferentFilmChallengesActingGoneHavensAreasDifferent ThingsExploringChallenging Myself Author:Taylor Lautner
“The only reason why you should do a film is because it creatively carbonates you and gets you going. If you're doing it for any other reason, you've lost sight of why you're acting, in the first place.” IfsShouldFirstsReasonFilmLostActingSightReason Why Author:Graham Phillips
“I want to stay with dancing, because that's what I want to do the rest of my life. I want to be in film and be acting and maybe even modeling a little bit.” WantLittlesFilmBitsActingLittle BitDancingModeling Author:Maddie Ziegler
“My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out.” FilmActingCareersCamerasSuitsDisguise Author:Ian Mckellen
“You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.” KnowsFilmActingIndependentHonestly Author:Josh Hartnett
“A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.” DifferentFilmActingAudienceVicesReactionsVice Versa Author:Richard McCabe
“It was always my intention to direct. I went to film school. And then I wanted to know how to work with actors, so I went to acting school. And then by the end of that, I caught the bug.” KnowsEndsWantedSchoolFilmActorsActingKnow HowDirectIntentionCaughtBugsFilm School Author:Benn Northover
“Seeing a film at the cinema, or a DVD or whatever at home, your brain is really receptive to not only whether the script's working, or if the actors are acting well, but also the colours.” IfsWellsHomeFilmActorsActingBrainSeeingScriptsCinemaColourDvdsReceptive Author:Crispian Mills
“I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I like, who also are the funniest people around.” PeopleYearsFilmEnjoyActingMy Friends Author:James Franco
“I love film acting - I'm not snobby about it. I don't think that theater acting's a more noble profession. I think they're both very important. I love both. And in my dream world, I'd get to do both forever.” ThinkingWorldImportantDreamFilmActingForeverTheaterNobleProfessionDream WorldLove FilmsSnobbyFilm ActingNoble Profession Author:Rebecca Hall
“I think loads of people see acting, when they're kids, as these magical stories that just happen within the context of the film or the play or the cartoon or whatever they're seeing. They don't imagine that there are actually people that go and do that for a living.” PeopleThinkingPlayStoriesHappensKidsFilmActingImagineSeeingImagine ThatLoadCartoon Author:Rebecca Hall
“Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters.” ThinkingMindDifferentCharacterFilmFormDifferencesActingTvsTypeDisciplinePeriodsDramaTheaterIndependentSizeStudiosActiveContemporaryGenreIndependent Film Author:Luke Evans
“I approach every film I do in the same way, whether it's an action film or not an action film. I guess if a certain physicality lends itself to action, but I started acting before I reached puberty. I was 7 years old when I started acting. It wasn't until I became a bouncer in New York.” IfsWayYearsActionFilmCertainActingNew YorkApproachPubertyPhysicalityAction Films Author:Vin Diesel
“When I started acting in the film industry when I was 16 years old, in 1980, I was going to all the revival theaters in Los Angeles. They were playing mostly films from the '60s and '70s, some from the early '20s and '30s, before that Hays commission. Those films did question things a lot, and there definitely was a switch in 1934. You can see very distinctly in 1934, it's harder to understand what the real culture was. Films made before 1934, you can really kind of see the racism, sexism, drug use, etc. that was going on at that time. And then it was all stopped.” YearsKindMadeRealUseFilmCultureActingIndustryDrugRacismHarderTheaterEtcLos AngelesSexismRevivalFilm IndustryHayDrug UseEarly 20s Author:Crispin Glover
“Just keep acting is my plan, I just want to keep going for as long as I can. I've had a fantastic time on Potter, I will be very sad to leave it because every time I look back on one of these films, every scene I watch will be forever linked to a memory of what happened that day or something that was happening around that time in my life.” WantLooksLongI CanFilmMemoriesActingWatchesForeverPlansHappenedSceneHappeningsFantasticKeep GoingLinkedPottersVery Sad Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because if you think about being in love while you're supposed to be acting in love, there's nowhere to go. You have to focus on something else and then do what's being asked, and you might get some semblance of something interesting.” IfsThinkingMightFilmInterestingActingFocusSupposed To BeEditingBeing In LoveSemblanceSomething InterestingNowhere To Go Author:Paul Schneider
“I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.” IfsWayWantYearsMightFilmThreeActorsProcessActingFourDirectYeahFour YearsCompelled Author:Ed Harris
“I remember being cast in the first "Harry Potter" film and being quite amused, because I was imagining that someone who'd been acting since they'd been crawling would be cast. The faith and trust that they'd put into everyone actually enabled you to gain confidence back, in the sense of feeling that sense of achievement, which is incredibly hard when you're young.” FirstsHardFeelingsWould BeRememberFilmYoungActingAchievementGainsCastsHarry PotterPottersAmusedCrawlingGaining ConfidenceHarry Potter Film Author:Bonnie Wright
“I definitely want to go on acting for as long as I can find employment. I'm never happier than when I'm on a film set. I just want to keep working.” WantLongI CanFilmActingGoes OnEmploymentFilm Set Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I've learned that I can't do it all at once. So, you have to figure out your angle of attack. Coming in on the acting front, acting is a passion of mine. It's a true love. Dancing, I kind of just fell into. Choreographing, the same thing. But making films, producing and directing, that's the heartbeat of my existence.” HeartKindI CanFilmPassionActingExistenceFrontsFiguresMinesDancingI've LearnedAngleHeartbeat Author:Columbus Short
“The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault.” PeopleIfsMindKindFilmThreeLevelsActingFaultsDimensionsThree DimensionsWaiver Author:Thomas Lennon
“There's no truth in acting, it's all a trick, because you go on stage in front of sets, you're on film - it's all a trick. I'm making it sound very - I really am demystifying it, but what I try to do, what I do, and I hope effectively, is to create a reality as if it is happening now, that you're fishing for words out of the air.” IfsTryingRealityFilmSoundActingAirStageFrontsGoes OnHappeningsTricksFishing Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I watched a film with a very famous, great, great actor, I won't mention his name because everyone loves his memory, but I thought, "God he was acting a lot." Great actor, but nonstop acting. Wall to wall, fitted-carpet acting.” FilmActorsNamesMemoriesActingWallOne LoveCarpetGreat ActorsVery Famous Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I got into film acting because I wanted to be James Dean. We lost him at a very young age - he was only 24 - but I’m 51 going on 52, so there's only so many times you can act like James Dean. I had to find new ways of expressing myself that kept me fascinated with film performance.” WayAgeWantedFilmYoungLostActingPerformancesFascinatedNew WaysYoung AgeDeanFilm Acting Author:Nicolas Cage
“I am passionate about a few things, of course acting, films/TV and improving the lives of youth in urban communities.” FilmCoursesCommunityActingYouthTvsPassionateUrbanImproving Author:Jamie Hector
“That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was seven, I loved those old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone. The Scarlet Claw was one of my faves. And I loved all the Halloween's and that film about the haunted house... Burnt Offerings, with Oliver Reed. Every birthday party was a slumber party and we'd watch horror films.” I CanFilmFatherHousePartyActingWatchesHorrorDiedSevenObsessionAttributesOfferingHalloweenHolmesClawsHorror FilmSlumberReedsScarletBirthday PartyFather DiedMy Father DiedHaunted HousesBasilFaveSlumber Party Author:Cate Blanchett
“The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?'” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDoeRememberFilmReadingActorsSleepActingSceneNewspapersRelax Author:Cate Blanchett
“I've dealt with a few method actors, and I don't know if should say this, but I think it's a bunch of nonsense. I think it's film acting and you just have to be on when the camera is rolling.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldFilmActorsActingCamerasMethodBunchNonsenseRollingFilm Acting Author:Natalie Portman
“And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.” MindFilmActingTediousFilm Acting Author:Hugh Grant
“With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera's point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph.” WorldFilmActorsCan DoViewsActingWrittenToolsCamerasPoint Of ViewComparisonCrudeParagraphSubjectivityGood Acting Author:William Boyd
“Forget horror icon, Kety Bates is an icon. She's an acting icon. I was raised on so many of her films, everything from Misery to Fried Green Tomatoes to Delores Claiborne, all films that I've watched multiple times and been inspired by.” FilmForgetActingHorrorGreenMiseryRaisedInspiredMultipleIconsTomatoesFried Green Tomatoes Author:Matt Bomer
“I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.” ThinkingFilmActorsActingDependsSafeRainHollywood Author:Isabella Rossellini
“I love acting in the theater,but I'm fascinated with acting on film. If it's a film or a play or whatever, if the writing is good and you really feel passionate about it, you just can't lose. You'll grow from it. Whether it's a success or not is neither here nor there; you're going to grow as an artist from this experience.” IfsFeelsWritingPlayFilmArtistGrowsLosesActingTheaterPassionateFascinated Author:Jonathan Groff