“I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them.” IfsMenMayRealBodyActorsStarsRolesMillionsFrontsFineDegreesModelsShotsStandingPaidCamerasHeatRole ModelsArmorGrimace Author:Ben Stein
“A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingTryingLawActorsActingPlansDegreesWork OutPracticalsMovieFilmmakingReverse Author:Brit Marling
“I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.” ThinkingPlayCharacterCertainValuesActorsHugeDegreesPressesStayingTargetRadar Author:Liev Schreiber
“I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'” IfsMenLooksSaidHappensWantedFallActorsCareersTeacherTeachingDegreesHeyLook At MeFall BackAlbertaEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“The dialectical critique of positivist habits of mind ... is interested only in behaviour which is 'important' to the actor; that is, behaviour which is emotionally charged to the degree that it is either frequently recalled, reflected upon, or day-dreamed about. ... That science which is less discriminating in the behaviour it chooses to investigate gains clarity and distinctiveness at the cost of confining itself to the trivial.” MindImportantActorsHabitCostDegreesGainsClarityBehaviourCritiqueHabits Of Mind Author:John Carroll
“The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.” ActorsAudienceTeacherDirectorsDegreesUltimateTheater Author:Joan Fontaine
“When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.” CertainActorsDegreesRapRapperGifted Author:Queen Latifah