“Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative and are very often not as precious about that stuff. They just can't be because they understand what makes for a better film, and that it's the job of the actor to work toward that, and then if you want you can go to acting class or workshops. But making movies is not workshops.” IfsThinkingWantJobsFilmActorsStrongStuffUnderstandingActingClassSceneNarrativeWorkshopsGood ActorsActing Classes Author:Kristen Stewart
“When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really good movie, but it was with Lindsay Lohan. She's so famous and I don't have any of that, I have never experienced that kind of intense scrutiny that she's under, so of course I wondered what it would be like acting opposite her. I can tell you that it's like being with The Beatles. You cannot fathom the kind of attention she gets. It's mind boogling.” MindKindI CanWould BeJobsCoursesActingAttentionOppositesIntenseScrutinyGood MovieGreat JobFathomReally Good Movie Author:Chris Pine
“I used to need the character but as I've gotten older I need it less and less - I prefer to play some version of myself. To approach any acting job as me just being me.” NeedsPlayCharacterJobsUsedActingApproachVersionsJust BeingBeing MeJust Being Me Author:Michael Ian Black
“I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And again, I'm not going, "I've got to become a dramatic actor now." I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different.” WantShouldTryingDifferentJobsActorsStuffInterestingActingBalanceStrikesDramatic Author:Patton Oswalt
“For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.” WayWellsPlayWantedJobsDifficultActingAcceptingCareersHabitDirectorsTheaterMy WayAspirationDefault Author:James Cromwell
“Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself to have another life outside of acting. And then, as soon as you start something in this sort of normal life that you're trying to live, you get a job. So you have this constant struggle because you want to be able to commit to things and to finish things in your life, but then you also want to be able to act.” KnowsWantTryingAbleJobsNextActorsForceActingStruggleNormalConstantCommitNormal LifeAnother LifeConstant Struggle Author:Winona Ryder
“Always stay true to your nature. Anything that you are being hired for in any aspect of life whether it is a banking job, acting directing, whatever it is you have to stay true to who you are because they hired you to do what you do.” JobsActingAspectWho You AreBankingStay TrueAspects Of Life Author:Anne Fletcher
“It's hard to get money to support your [non-profit] organization if you have no evidence. It's very much like the acting business: You need an agent and manager so you can get a job to get resources, but you can't get an agent and a manager unless people see your work.” PeopleIfsNeedsHardJobsActingSupportEvidenceResourcesOrganizationProfitAgentsManagersGet MoneyNon Profit Author:Sonja Sohn
“I think acting is a job where you're always unemployed. You're always looking for the next job, so I assume that it's like other jobs that are with that same kind of setup.” ThinkingKindJobsNextActingAssumingUnemployedSetups Author:Emmy Rossum