“The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its magic. Not necessarily the fame, but that special thing you create onscreen.” PeopleRealActorsLosesMagicSpecialFameMovieFilmmakingJadedAllureSpecial Things Author:Dayo Okeniyi
“You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.” ActorsAliveMagic Author:Sonia Braga
“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
“To me, achieving tone, achieving consistency, is exactly the job of a director. It is to be the fusing, the nexus of a whole bunch of people contributing to the complex life of a movie. There are actors, there's a cinematographer, there're costume people, set people, there are all these things, and you somehow have to be the person in the middle of it who is making it all synchronize into the same magic bubble.” PeoplePersonsWholeJobsActorsMagicMiddleAchieveDirectorsComplexesBunchToneBubblesConsistencyCostumesContributingCinematographersNexus Author:Edward Norton
“Perhaps society should give actors the same sort of protection it gives to those who follow a religious life. Actor/priest was originally the same job. The theater is left wing magic and theology is right wing magic.” GivingShouldJobsActorsLeftReligiousMagicTheaterWingsProtectionTheologyPriestsRight WingLeft WingReligious Life Author:Jennifer Stone