“People would be surprised to know that I've gone to regular school my whole life and I don't have one friend who is an actor!” PeopleKnowsWholeWould BeSchoolActorsGoneWhole LifeOne Friend Author:Sara Paxton
“Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.” ThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsWellsCharacterWantedGuyActorsGoneCharacter Actors Author:Stephen Root
“Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.” IfsWellsHas BeensPlayActorsSportsGoneCollegeCollege Sports Author:Joe Manganiello
“I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives - they're real-estate agents or surfers.” ChildrenDifferentRealActorsGoneFunctionVariousAgentsOccasionsEstatesSurferDifferent LifeChild ActorsEstate Agents Author:Mike Lookinland
“If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights.” IfsThinkingCertainActorsGoneMadHeightExtrasTemperamentVoltage Author:Laurence Olivier
“Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.” CharacterStoriesActorsGoneTvsDirectorsDrivenCablesCable Tv Author:Kevin Spacey
“If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use.” IfsThinkingTryingMomentsUseFeelingsBodyPainActorsEmotionGoneInvolvedAnxietyToolsAccessYour BodySevere Author:Joel Kinnaman
“Having gone through editing process, I can see that in actor's faces there's point where they're not managing their performance and that's, I think, the best place to be. You've done the homework, you've learned the lines, at that point you just sort of let it out.” ThinkingI CanDoneFacesActorsProcessLinesGonePerformancesBe YouEditingHomeworkBest Place Author:Ralph Fiennes
“I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down.” ThinkingPersonsStoriesBodyUsedNightActorsActingHealingRolesSunGoneFireStorytellingPriestsTerrifiedTribesStorytellerHealerPriesthoodArchetypeWeaving Author:Ben Kingsley
“I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.” PeopleKnowsGivingLittlesPersonsEarthActorsEasyBitsGoneComedyLittle BitSurpriseCraftsComparisonOscarsGreat ActorsPissed OffStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Jefferies