“Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.” ActorsBritishSnobby Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.” SufferingActorsEmotionBritishDeliberateStiflingStiffness Author:Ivor Novello
“I think it would be a problem if Hollywood was casting British actors only as villains; if that were the case, then certainly there would be cause for concern.” IfsThinkingProblemWould BeActorsCausesCasesConcernHollywoodBritishVillainCasting Author:Alfred Molina
“British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.” WellsActorsBritishBehave Author:Jean-Jacques Annaud
“All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We got plenty of actors. So we don't need some cat from Cardiff-upon-Rosemary-upon-Thyme, or whatever the hell it is, playing people from Montana. And in the reverse, they got plenty of people from Cardiff-upon-Rosemary-upon-Thyme that they don't need our asses coming over there trying to do British accents.” PeopleNeedsTryingActorsCitiesHellCatBritishAssPlentyReverseAccentsJerseyNew JerseyKansasMontanaTexanWyomingKansas CityRosemaryThymeCardiff Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against the idea that only the British know how to do Shakespeare.” KnowsIdeasFightingActorsKnow HowCrazyBritishAccentsDrive Me CrazyAlways Fighting Author:Ethan Hawke
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.” FirstsKindRealJobsFilmActorsActingBritishStormAgentsDamage Author:Ashley Madekwe
“[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit.” ThinkingActorsBusyBritishWitAnnoyedSkit Author:Dorothy Parker