“I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantIdeasFactsActorsActingPostsDe Niro Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.” FactsAgeWantedYoungActorsFunWorryAudienceStageTheatreGet UpYoung Age Author:Olivia Williams
“The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.” ReasonFactsArtistActorsAgents Author:Morgan Freeman
“I don't think that Slaughterhouse-Five was successful movie material. In fact, Vonnegut's books mostly I don't feel are movie material.” ThinkingFeelsBookFactsActorsSuccessfulFiveMaterialsMovieSlaughterhousesSlaughterhouse FiveSlaughter House Five Author:Jerry Garcia
“I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and neither should you. In fact, that's the point. I believe that a young woman's decision to have sex, or not, shouldn't impact how she's seen as a moral actor.” ThinkingShouldBelieveFactsCareYoungActorsI BelieveSexDecisionMoralFineImpactYoung WomenSexuallyVirginityHaving Sex Author:Jessica Valenti
“It's great to be black in Hollywood. When a black actor does something, it seems new and different just by virtue of the fact that he's black.” DoeDifferentFactsSeemsActorsBlackVirtueHollywood Author:Will Smith
“I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get to sit in a room on my own and the set costs nothing and the actors cost nothing and I'm the director and it's so simple. You just need a pen and paper to make a book. You don't need a huge budget or a gaffer or a best boy.” PeopleNeedsBookFactsFilmActorsMy OwnSimpleRoomsBoysHugeInvolvedCostDirectorsPaperComplicatedBudgetsPens Author:Markus Zusak
“I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.” Has BeensI CanFactsFilmActorsChallengesInterestingRolesTelevisionEvolveMost Interesting Author:Octavia Spencer
“I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor” FactsAgeActorsRegretLooking BackVivid Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, Someone is pretending to do that? Thats so awesome! After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.” MindFactsRememberActorsLeftParentFeetConceptsPretendingDiscussingOf My MindDaniel Day Lewis Author:Dominique McElligott
“Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.” ThinkingWantFactsActorsInterestingActingScriptsNonsensePretentiousOften Is Author:Hugh Grant
“Identity is a very difficult thing in the theatre. As an actor said to me one day, 'What are we doing today?' when we were doing a workshop. And I said, 'Oh, just be yourself'. And he said to me, 'I don't know who that is, I'm an actor'. And I begin to realise in fact that we seek identity because we're told we should have one, but I wonder whether it's necessary.” KnowsShouldSaidFactsTodayActorsDifficultWonderIdentityOne DayShould HaveTheatreBeing YourselfRealisingDifficult ThingsWorkshopsJust Be Yourself Author:George Ogilvie
“We all, in fact, carry so many people inside us; the only difference is that actors get paid for it, and we sort of spruce it up a bit.” PeopleFactsActorsBitsDifferencesPaid Author:Jane Fonda
“The fact of the matter is that when there are feelings involved and you like someone, it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, a receptionist - you can't really help it when you have feelings for someone.” IfsMatterFactsHelpingFeelingsActorsTeacherInvolvedDoctorsLawyerLiking SomeoneReceptionists Author:Jessica Szohr
“As an actor on sets, Ive always clocked how hard the crew works, how much longer their days are, how much lesser their glory is - and the fact that their commitment to the work and project is unwavering, no matter the budget.” MatterHardFactsActorsProjectsGloryCommitmentBudgetsCrewUnwavering Author:Jennifer Westfeldt
“A lot of people want to judge the fact that I'm an actor. That's ridiculous. No one knows what I was doing before I made my first movie. I just happened to do it as an actor all the while I've been doing music, but never with the intention to become a screaming famous pop star.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsMadeFactsActorsStarsHappenedJudgingIntentionPopsRidiculousPop Stars Author:Taryn Manning
“I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.” LooksRealFactsActorsDepthAssemblage Author:Wayne Knight
“with a country of rare picturesqueness for a background, a people of rare beauty for actors, everybody more or less permeated with the artistic instinct and everybody more or less writing poetry - California has a pageant for breakfast, a fiesta for luncheon and a carnival for dinner. They are always electing queens. In fact any girl in California who hasn't been a queen of something before she's twenty-one is a poor prune.” PeopleWritingCountryFactsGirlActorsPoorTwentiesInstinctDinnerBackgroundsArtisticCaliforniaQueensBreakfastTwenty OneWriting PoetryPageantCarnivalsPrunesFiestaRare Beauty Author:Inez Haynes Irwin
“Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentSometimesFactsActorsAsksDealsEffectsInvolvedHorrorApproachAgentsBurningAsk MeFirmIconsFbiMississippiJigsawNordicStokeFbi Agents Author:Tobin Bell
“You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.” ThinkingFactsSchoolActorsBerkeley Author:Kurt Fuller
“I'm not necessarily a good actor, but once people start saying you are, you are. And I know that that's a truism, and there's obviously nothing important in that particular statement, but it's really about the fact that people create you as a good actor.” PeopleKnowsImportantFactsActorsParticularStatementsGood ActorsTruism Author:Alexander Siddig