“Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor, you're bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me.” IfsYearsStoriesLawOrderActorsFiveBoundsDrivenBoredFive YearsFormatLaw And OrderCharacterless Author:Chris Noth
“I think the most takes I've ever done would probably be maybe 10, on like a big studio movie where you can do those. But after a while it's like, "It's not gonna get any better, this is what it is," the light's just gonna dull from your eyes. I think the more you do it, the less the actors listen to each other because then you start memorizing the other person's lines and you start getting bored.” ThinkingPersonsDoneBigsLightEyeActorsCan DoLinesStudiosBoredDullMemorizing Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is completely death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work. So there was an inherent challenge in trying to keep it fresh, because it's something that I'm familiar with, but the real draw for me was at long last to work with Halle. She and I had come close to working on two other films together prior to this one that unfortunately had fallen apart for various reasons.” IfsMenTryingYearsLongMadeTwoRealReasonShowsTogetherLastsFilmActorsChallengesCareersOne ThingDrawsVariousFamiliarBoredFallenBoredomCopInherentUniformsSeventeen Author:Benjamin Bratt
“Any actor has their moments of being stressed, but the great part about this job is that it's so unpredictable, and that's what I like. I love spontaneity. I don't ever want to be bored, doing the same thing from 9 to 5.” WantMomentsJobsActorsBoredUnpredictableStressedSpontaneity Author:Liana Liberato
“If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don't want to ever be that.” IfsWantActorsAudienceBoringBored Author:Eva Amurri