“The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.” GivingWritingLongPlayActorsChancePiecesLong TimeGive MeComicDramaticFacets Author:Linda Lavin
“The plight of the actor, even if he's a star, is the plight of the women's movement. They're saying the same thing to us: get into bed, give me a good time, then give me something to eat, go get the laundry, be a good girl.” IfsGivingGirlActorsStarsMovementBedGive MeGood TimesLaundryPlightGood Girl Author:Dustin Hoffman
“As an actor, I started using dreams more, which is not mystical or anything like that. I just found that I've been using that as a tool to give me another point of view towards the work. It's often surprising but really helpful.” GivingDreamActorsFoundViewsToolsGive MePoint Of ViewHelpfulWorking ItSurprisingMystical Author:Mark Ruffalo
“Interpreting gives me a chance to do what I do well and have done since I was a kid. At one time, I might have wanted to be an actor or performer, and it somehow fulfills that in a non-threatening way.” WayGivingWellsDoneMightKidsWantedActorsChanceGive MePerformersOne TimeThreateningInterpretingGive Me A Chance Author:Jack Jason
“A couple of clues came my way of what I might be getting myself into when I sat down with a number of actors who had played Richard III in the past. And I was hoping of course, that one of them or all of them were gonna give me the magic key, the secret way in to play Richard III but none of them did that.But every one of them did say the following, "Be careful."” WayGivingPlayMightPastCoursesActorsNumbersSecretMagicKeysCoupleGive MeCarefulFollowingMy WaySatBe CarefulClue Author:Kevin Spacey
“I honestly don't have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I've known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors.” GivingRealityActorsKnownIndustryMy FriendsGive MeHonestlyBunchGradesLots Of FriendsSixth Grade Author:Ashley Greene
“I think I'm an extremely conscientious producer and now equally as a director and it gives me the opportunity to look at the entire movie and really allow the movie to be the creative vision of the actors, the writer and myself, because I'm in charge of it from a producer and a director point of view.” ThinkingGivingLooksActorsOpportunityViewsVisionCreativeDirectorsGive MePoint Of ViewProducersCreative Vision Author:Tony Krantz