“The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'” YearsLastsActorsAsksWinningMonthsHollywoodTwelveLast YearOscars Author:Cliff Robertson
“I always say if you're going to do a movie about Charles de Gaulle get a Frenchman, you know. I'm not French. And yeah, sure I could get with a dialect coach and work for six months trying to talk like a Frenchman. But there's some French actors. Just get one of them, you know.” IfsKnowsTryingActorsMonthsSixYeahCoachesSix MonthsDialectFrenchmenDialect Coach Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.” SometimesCharacterThreeActorsFourWeekMonthsCreditSpendingLead InCharacter Actors Author:Steve Buscemi
“One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.” DifferentActorsChallengesMonthsGreat Things Author:James Purefoy
“I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.” WantWritingYearsFirstsPlayCharacterMightLastsActorsStageParticularMonthsSixOriginalsProductionsSix Months Author:Neil Simon
“I'm a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would have to be a project that I found inspiring. It would also have to include other actors and a director I am inspired to work with.” ActorsFoundPerfectPlansMonthsDirectorsProjectsInspiredNineThese DaysSelectiveNine MonthsInspired To Work Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.” YearsShowsMightActorsFiveFourTelevisionSeriousMonthsAmountSixSix MonthsTelevision ShowsAnthology Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.” IfsUsedActorsActingClassMonthsCoupleDirectorsEaseBest ThingsInsecurityAuditionsActing Classes Author:Albert Brooks
“I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.” TryingHardThreeActorsEnjoyWallMonthsGoes OnAgentsVacationClientsThree MonthsBangingBali Author:Erin Cummings
“When youre the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other projects, and everything has to get done in that time.” EndsDoneActorsMonthsDramaProjectsSeasons Author:Melina Kanakaredes