“Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.” LastsActorsPiecesInvolvedConversationToolsProductionsPuzzles Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“Maybe I'm a better actor when I know there's going to be an older woman involved.” KnowsActorsInvolvedOlder Women Author:Hunter Parrish
“But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.” IfsKnowsI CanCharacterStoriesHappensActorsFeltBehindsInvolvedScenePersonal LifeGet InvolvedBehind The Scenes Author:Eric Stoltz
“Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.” ActorsInvolvedRainPerformances Author:Gloria Stuart
“So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsActorsWinningCareersInvolvedToughIncrediblesHolesPrizeRabbitsCredibilityCameronRabbit HolesTough ManPrize Winning Author:Miles Teller
“Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process.” ActorsProcessInvolvedDirectorsAccustomedGet InvolvedRequest Author:Catherine McCormack
“MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.” PeopleWorldArtArtistActorsFashionIndustryInvolvedMusicianMtvArt WorldFashion Industry Author:Karlie Kloss
“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 very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very seriously.” PlayActorsSocialMediaInvolvedActivitySocial Media Author:Jon Taffer
“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
“I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.” SchoolYoungActorsChanceWonderfulGrewInvolvedGrew UpProductionsBrilliantWonderful ThingsIntriguedJulietYoung ActorsRomeo Juliet Author:Ed Westwick
“For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a lot on projects that are interesting and intelligent and great fun to be part of, then you're hugely successful. And I feel hugely successful. I can't believe that I get to be involved with the projects and the people I work with.” PeopleIfsFeelsBelieveI CanJobsActorsFunInterestingSuccessfulInvolvedProjectsIntelligentBeing Successful Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.” ChildrenActorsGrowing UpPathGrowingInvolvedTheaterSingers Author:Victor Garber
“If you're producing a movie you're involved in every aspect of the movie and that can be daunting and then going and doing a movie where you're just an actor for hire, and you can kind of sit back and giggle where you can see somebody sitting over there wasting time and wasting money.” IfsKindActorsInvolvedSittingAspectWasting TimeGiggleWasting Money Author:Mark Wahlberg
“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
“Deadwood was a magical experience. It was an absolute culmination of everything Ive ever wanted to do as an actor as an artist, and I was enormously proud to have been involved with it.” Has BeensWantedArtistActorsProudInvolvedAbsolutesCulmination Author:Jim Beaver
“When I was a young actor, I just didn’t understand how to function in this business as an artist. It is a business, it’s called the film business for a reason, there’s money involved ... But on the flip side, now I do not let the business side of it rule either. It’s a balance.” ReasonFilmYoungArtistActorsSidesBalanceInvolvedFunctionFlipYoung Actors Author:James Franco
“I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.” I CanDoneRememberFightingActorsHavensInvolvedMovie Author:Clive Owen
“[To actors on opening night:] You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.” WayNeedsHas BeensPlayNightActorsAudienceFrontsNeededInvolvedEssentialsSittingTheaterOpeningTonightDeniedEquipmentHandicappedOpening Night Author:Hallie Flanagan
“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
“As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.” ShowsActorsInvolvedGet Involved Author:Melina Kanakaredes
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore