“I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.” WellsActorsKnownWell KnownDependable Author:Nick Offerman
“For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.” WayRealHelpingActorsFoundKnownStyleIllusionAdvantageSellsDefiniteDisbeliefSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Oren Peli
“All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.” PeopleStillsDifferentActorsKnownFiveGood FriendMy Best FriendHart Author:David Morrissey
“Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.” CharacterActorsKnownCharacter Actors Author:Jess Weixler
“When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?” IfsDoeHumorBigsActorsKnownComedyEasierRadicalBreakthroughDepartureComedicPresuming Author:Carol Burnett
“On the one hand, you have these huge budget films that cost millions of dollars. They are effects driven, they don't have well known actors in them, and they are making money. Well, some of them are. One the other hand, you have Stallone and Statham, and guys like DeNiro and Pacino, and Costner, who are all trying to make movies about real people. They are interested in character driven projects.” PeopleTryingWellsRealCharacterHandsFilmGuyActorsKnownMillionsEffectsHugeCostProjectsDollarsDrivenMaking MoneyBudgetsWell Known Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.” MenRealActorsKnownHe ManMets Author:Clark Gable
“As much as it's nice to step into that massive world of Hollywood and be a big, famous actor, I prefer the career of actors that have really chosen smartly and done really amazing performances. Maybe they're not as known, but their careers are a bit more interesting.” WorldDoneBigsActorsBitsInterestingKnownStepsCareersNiceHollywoodPerformancesChosenMassiveReally AmazingFamous Actor Author:Idris Elba
“You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe it! Every comic and most of the actors I know had a childhood full of love. Then they grew up and found out that in the grown-up world, you don't get all that love, you just get your share. So they went into show business to recapture the love they had known as children when they were the center of the universe.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveChildrenShowsUniverseActorsFoundKnownShareChildhoodLove YouGrewGrew UpComicShow BusinessCenter Of The Universe Author:Mel Brooks
“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.” WantGuyActorsKnownCareersRolesNiceGreat Things Author:Anthony Mackie
“I prefer being known for my stand-up because I write it. I love being an actor, and saying other people's words is great. But then, when I do stand-up, I love getting my own point of view out there.” PeopleWritingActorsMy OwnLove IsViewsKnownPoint Of View Author:Kathy Griffin
“Every time I go to Europe, I remember that James Dean never saw Europe, but yet I see his face everywhere. There's James Dean, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe - windows of the Champs Elysees, discos in the south of Spain, restaurants in Sweden, t-shirts in Moscow. My life was confused and disoriented for years by his passing. My sense of destiny destroyed - the great films he would have directed, the great performances he would have given, the great humanitarian he would have become, and yet, he's the greatest actor and star I have ever known.” YearsRememberFilmFacesActorsGivenStarsKnownDestinySawsEuropeWindowPerformancesSouthHumanitarianPassingPassingsDestroyedShirtsConfusedRestaurantsSpainT ShirtDeanSwedenMoscowDiscoGreat FilmGreat PerformanceBogartGreat Humanitarian Author:Dennis Hopper
“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 was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the most beautiful girl I had ever known, and she was taking an acting class, so I decided to take the same acting class. And I was a terrible actor in college.” BeautifulGirlActorsActingKnownClassCollegeTerribleMetsDecidedLawyerThis GirlBeautiful GirlActing ClassesLaura Author:Kurt Fuller