“But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.” IfsKnowsI CanCharacterStoriesHappensActorsFeltBehindsInvolvedScenePersonal LifeGet InvolvedBehind The Scenes Author:Eric Stoltz
“I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind.” ThinkingGivingMeanCharacterActorsBehindsAttentionCreatingStandingOvercomingTerrorConvincedPhrasesMaskStanding There Author:Stephen Dillane
“That's really good for an actor - to like the people behind the scenes - because then you treat the camera differently. If you really like someone who's shooting you, you're more open. You're not defensive, you're more relaxed, and I think that translates into a more interesting, natural performance.” PeopleIfsThinkingActorsNaturalInterestingBehindsScenePerformancesTreatsCamerasShootingTranslateRelaxedBehind The Scenes Author:Emile Hirsch
“Our life is managed from behind the scenes: we are actors in dramas that we cannot interpret. Of almost no decisive event can we say: this was our own choosing. We happen upon careers, necessity pushing, blind inclination pulling. If we stop to think we are amazed that we should be what we are.” IfsThinkingLifeShouldHappensLife IsActorsBehindsCareersOur LivesEventsDramaSceneBlindPushingPullingAmazedInclinationBehind The Scenes Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
“There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said, "I'm sorry, Jim. When you're directing, you don't need to know everything. You need the illusion that you do." And, you know, and I WOULD be there behind him trying to signal the actors in, you know, in a way I wasn't even aware of.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingSaidWould BeActorsBehindsDirectorsIllusionSorryI'm SorrySignals Author:James L. Brooks
“When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.” WantRealRunningSchoolYoungActorsBehindsSceneStudiosYoung WomenBehind The ScenesReal ChangeBusiness School Author:Halle Berry
“As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the writing, at the end of the day, for me. I don't care if it's a two-line cameo or the lead of the thing, as long as the project has some weight behind the writing and it's interesting and I think people will enjoy it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingLongTwoEndsCareActorsEnjoyLinesInterestingBehindsProjectsWeightStrategyDon't CareI Don't CareThe End Of The DayCameos Author:Chris Vance
“When you're in these movie deals and the studios are talking, they're putting business deals and packages together, but they're making calls based on previous relationships. They go, "Oh, let's call this actor because we did this with him, and he might like him. Does he like him? Let's piece them together." There's a brain behind that puzzle, and I want to be the brain.” WantDoeMightTogetherActorsDealsBehindsBrainTalkingPiecesStudiosPuzzlesPackagesBusiness Deals Author:Kevin Hart
“I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.” ThinkingStillsReasonActorsBehindsSupportGood Actors Author:Israel Broussard
“Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.” IfsArtSelfActorsBehindsHavensObjectsPaperMediumsPainterCanvasSelf Centered Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed or any of that. I was so wet behind the ears, I didn't know anything. It's, like, you're watching movies, and then here you are in front of those people and working with them. It was pretty interesting.” PeopleKnowsActorsInterestingBehindsKnowingFrontsLike YouEarsWetNot KnowingMagnitudeGreat Actors Author:Mekhi Phifer
“In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.” YearsActorsVoiceBehindsGlassesMustache Author:Jon Pertwee
“An actress friend of mine shared a great trick. She told me to stick my tongue behind my teeth when I smile to keep from over-smiling. If you smile without doing it, sometimes your gums show a little too much. It's an actor's trick!” IfsLittlesSometimesShowsActorsBehindsToo MuchMinesSticksTongueActressesTricksTeethI SmileGum Author:Jessica Chastain
“Cosmopolis is the movie of my life. I didn't consider myself an actor before, even if I had 10 years of acting behind me. I always felt like a fraud, and inappropriate. I doubt a lot. David Cronenberg gave me confidence in myself. He changed my way of acting and thinking in this industry.” IfsThinkingWayYearsActorsFeltActingBehindsDoubtChangedIndustryMy WayFraudInappropriate Author:Robert Pattinson
“If the audience knows what's behind the door and the actor does not, that's comedy. If both the audience and the actor do not know, that's mystery!” IfsKnowsDoeActorsBehindsAudienceComedyDoorsMystery Author:Melvin Helitzer