“I'm an actor, and I don't look at myself as providing comic relief. I have done diverse and dark roles such as a psycho, murderer, and others in films such as 'Don', 'Eklavya' and '3 Idiots.'” LooksDoneFilmActorsDarkRolesComicIdiotReliefDiverseProvidingMurdererPsychoComic Relief3 Idiots Author:Boman Irani
“In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and form of a play or a film scenario was of little importance to us. What mattered was was the opportunity, which came so seldom to our folks ... Later I came to understand that the Negro artist could not view the matter simply in terms of of his individual interests, and that he had a responsibility to his people who rightfully resented the traditional stereotyped portrayals of Negros on stage and screen.” PeopleLittlesMatterPlayFilmFormArtistActorsOpportunityIndividualTermInterestViewsAttitudeResponsibilityStageImportanceFolksScreensTraditionalPerformersScenariosPrevailingPortrayal Author:Paul Robeson
“A film is born in my head and I kill it on paper. It is brought back to life by the actors and then killed in the camera. It is then resurrected into a third and final life in the editing room where the dismembered pieces are assembled into their finished form.” FilmFormActorsBornRoomsPiecesPaperThirdsCamerasFinalsFinishedEditing Author:Robert Bresson
“If I can still be successful making films and no-one will ever know me, then that would be great. Because we (actors) just like to do what we do. People who are doing it for fame, I don't know if they ever get really successful.” PeopleIfsKnowsStillsI CanWould BeFilmActorsSuccessfulFameBeing SuccessfulKnow MeGet Real Author:Channing Tatum
“The atmosphere and the environment that you get on a Chris Nolan film that he and Emma [Tomson] create is one where you feel very safe and very confident and able to experiment with characters. It's a great place to be as an actor.” FeelsCharacterAbleFilmActorsEnvironmentSafeExperimentsAtmosphereEmmaNolan Author:Christopher Nolan
“When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with my characters], book after book.” BookCharacterFilmActorsPerfectTypeNeededDirectorsDoctorsHollywoodPressesLawyerAgentsCastingLaborersRosters Author:Richard Condon
“I like my films to have a certain amount of realism - something that's thought provoking and intelligently written. More than the amount on the pay cheque, I look for a level of respectability as an actor.” LooksFilmCertainActorsLevelsPayWrittenAmountThought ProvokingRealismProvokingRespectabilityCheques Author:Arjun Rampal
“With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you just have your notes for the scene, which are written with the actors and the camera in mind. The actual script is a necessity for casting and budgeting, but the end product often doesn't bear much resemblance to the script--at least in my case.” WritingMindEndsFilmActorsCasesWrittenProductsBearsCoupleSceneCamerasNotesScriptsCastingResemblanceScribblesBudgeting Author:Woody Allen
“I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSchoolFilmActorsProcessActingHonestDirectorsBeing HonestFilm School Author:Matt Dillon
“Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them to be around film and be a part of mommy and daddy's life, and for it not to be kept from it either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.” WantKidsWantedFilmActorsHealthyDaddyGood HealthBradHealthy RelationshipMommy And Daddy Author:Angelina Jolie
“Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less. Unfortunately, there's a style of acting going round, especially with the younger actors, where they talk without even moving their lip. Maybe it's because my hearing probably isn't what it was 40 years ago but I'm sitting there going "What did they say"?” ThinkingYearsLittlesFilmMovingActorsActingStageStyleConsciousSittingYears AgoRoundsLipsHearingTheatreSpeaking UpFilm ActorsStage Actors Author:Clint Eastwood
“Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever.” WorldLooksHas BeensFilmNightActorsLostForeverPerformancesCaptureOne NightEntertainersGreat Actors Author:Michael Jackson
“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
“With Batman&Robin, the fourth entry in the recent Batman movie series, the profitable franchise appears poised to take a nosedive. This film, which places yet another actor in the batsuit, has all the necessary hallmarks of a sorry sequel - pointless, plodding plotting; asinine action; clueless, comatose characterization; and dumb dialogue. Batman&Robin moves at a dizzying pace, yet goes absolutely nowhere.” ActionFilmMovingActorsSeriesSorryDialogueDumbPaceFourthProfitablePointlessEntrySequelsRobinsHallmarkCluelessCharacterizationBatman MovieComatose Author:James Berardinelli
“Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film.” ShowsFilmActorsMillionsDollarsCowsShow MeMillion DollarsCattle Author:Langdon Winner
“Garrel has succeeded in filming something we have never seen before: the faces of actors in silent films during those moments when the black intertitles, with their paltry, illuminated words, filled the screen.” MomentsFilmFacesActorsBlackFilledSilentScreensSilent Films Author:Serge Daney
“Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?” PeopleShouldHomeFilmActorsPayTelevisionMovieStay StrongStay PositiveStay At Home Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.” InspirationalFilmActorsTerribleTricks Author:Christopher Lee
“There are so many talented people in film today. There seem to be poor scripts, but the actors and actresses are very talented.” PeopleSeemsTodayFilmActorsPoorScriptsActressesRamaActors And Actresses Author:Frederick Lenz
“Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison Ford are among my favorite actors. Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Deborah Winger, Jessica Lange, and of course, Shirley MacLaine, are among the women.” FilmCoursesActorsFieldsMy FavoriteWarriorJaneRamaSeanJessicaBrandoNicholson Author:Frederick Lenz
“Before Michael Caine you had to have been in the RAF to be an actor.” Has BeensFilmActorsHollywoodRaf Author:Bob Hoskins
“I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?” WantTryingWellsFilmActorsWinningHollywoodWhy NotPopularityContestsGood ActorsPopularity Contest Author:Roger Moore
“I felt as if I was the brunt of some massive joke at my expense: Can you believe this loser can be connected to Marlon Brando and Katharine Hepburn? But through the years I have learned to tolerate and sometimes embrace the idea. People have asked me if I consider it an honour. Well, all it indicates is that I've been in a lot of movies with a lot of people. And besides that there are plenty of other actors that would work.” PeopleIfsYearsBelieveWellsIdeasSometimesFilmActorsFeltJokesHollywoodEmbraceConnectedPlentyMassiveExpensesHonourLoserTolerateI Have LearnedThrough The YearsHepburnBrando Author:Kevin Bacon
“I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. It's more instinctive rather than anything else. I don't do the calculated rehearsed kind of approach, and I hope that I can continue that because I believe that instinct is much stronger and greater when you are performing on camera.” BelieveKindI CanUseFilmActorsI BelieveEnjoyGreaterApproachStrongerCamerasInstinctTechniquePerforming Author:Amitabh Bachchan
“It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor.” WantMadeHardRunningFilmDiesActorsFantasyChildhoodThievesObscureMidnightBicycle Author:Ben Affleck
“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
“One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsReasonHelpingFilmActorsAudienceToms Author:Sam Mendes
“I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.” WantKindStoriesFilmActorsDirectorsMovie Love Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“The barrier between TV and movies has come down and film actors are willing to do TV and vice versa, because they just want to follow what's interesting.” WantFilmActorsInterestingWillingTvsDown AndVicesBarriersVice VersaFilm Actors Author:Tina Fey
“Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.” FilmActorsHonestyAspirationSubtletyFilm Actors Author:Benjamin Bratt
“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 watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the films or things that actors do or people in real life who have behaviors or idiosyncrasies that I like or find interesting and I try to remember that. And then I'll do a prayer. I'll do a prayer to ask the character or the spirit of the character to come and visit me. And let's work together.” PeopleTryingLittlesDifferentRealCharacterTogetherRememberFilmSpiritActorsAsksPrayerInterestingWatchesBehaviorPerformancesReal LifeWorking TogetherLittle ThingsIdiosyncrasies Author:Wesley Snipes
“Since I started making films, I've been a nut for dialogue. When I first saw Star Wars when I was 12 years old, I came home and recited all of the lines from it. Before I talked about Death Stars exploding and Tie Fighters I was talking about how funny Princess Leia was and how sarcastic Han Solo was. So to me that's always the most important thing, and I love hearing great actors say great lines.” YearsFirstsImportantWarHomeFilmActorsStarsLinesTalkingSawsImportant ThingsHearingDialogueFighterTiesSarcasticNutsPrincessSoloGreat ActorsExplodingLeiaDeath Star Author:Bryan Singer
“Performance is made in the editing room, and I've come to see the truth in that - the idea that they say performances are usually made in the editing room because what you film is the raw material. I think just going through the process of saying, "Which take do we use? Why is that the take we want? I want that take can you edit again, I'm not sure that's the one, I think it's this one." And just because you go through that process, I think somehow it's made me sort of more open about the [actor's] possibilities.” ThinkingWantMadeIdeasUseFilmActorsProcessRoomsPossibilityMaterialsPerformancesNot SureEditingEditsRaw Materials Author:Ralph Fiennes
“You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than dealing with actors. That is just difficult. It is what you expect from an animal on the set. You just run a lot of film and prompt it to do the right thing, but sit through it doing all the wrong things first. It's just unbelievably boring, frustrating and painstaking to shoot.” FirstsLooksDifferentRunningFilmActorsDifficultAnimalCastsBoringRight ThingFrustratingWrong ThingsTrainersPromptsDifferent Experiences Author:Ethan Coen
“The way I see the job, my definition of it, is to create characters to the best of your ability and then fit into what's trying to be accomplished in the general framework of the film. I think that's whether you're doing this- even if you're doing musical theater. That's what I think an actors job is. I don't know. I like to think what an actors job is is to create characters.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayTryingCharacterJobsFilmActorsAbilityFitTheaterMusicalDefinitionsAccomplishedFrameworkMusical Theater Author:Anton Yelchin
“Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do, to get the most out of everyone's potential.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsStoriesFilmActorsGivenPerformancesOwnership Author:Cary Fukunaga
“Working in theater, film or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.” DifferentJobsFilmThreeActorsAcceptingTelevisionTheaterDifferent Jobs Author:James Spader
“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.” ThinkingPlaySchoolFilmActorsFunTermKnowingDirectorsCommunicateScrewsFilm School Author:Josh Radnor
“For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all.” WellsPlayFilmActors Author:Emma Watson
“When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and they've included all those titles, which I don't even remember. I think I've played the lead in about 75 movies.” ThinkingTwoRememberFilmYoungActorsOne DayTitlesTwo DaysLead InYoung Actors Author:Michael Caine
“When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.” ThinkingFirstsFilmActorsCasesWorstScriptsGood Films Author:George Clooney
“In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.” FilmThreeActorsBuiltSchedulesThree ThingsAvailability Author:Kevin Spacey
“As an actor, you try and be cool, but one of the reasons you become an actor is because you're a film fan. And then you're like, 'Oh my god, Ridley Scott just spoke to me!'” TryingReasonFilmActorsFansSpokesBeing Cool Author:Rafe Spall
“Its not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and its not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.” FilmActorsEasyChinese Author:Zhou Xun
“Im obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think thats extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.” ThinkingWorldFilmRomanceActorsInterestingActingSilentObsessedRelyCompellingVentureSilent FilmsOld Romance Author:Sami Gayle
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.” WantMadeKidsAgeFilmActorsBoysGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodInspiredGoldenObsessedFavouriteDetectivesGangstersGolden AgeTracy Author:Ryan Gosling
“Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.” Has BeensPlayCharacterFilmActorsStrongChanceMiddleTvsIndiaSeriesSouthEastMiddle EastHispanicTv Series Author:Madhur Mittal
“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
“In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.” ImportantFilmActorsDirectorsTheatreGrain Author:Anne-Marie Duff