“Law and Order' is completely story-driven and completely characterless, really. If you do that format for five years and you're an actor, you're bound to get bored. It wears on you. And it was really wearing on me.” IfsYearsStoriesLawOrderActorsFiveBoundsDrivenBoredFive YearsFormatLaw And OrderCharacterless Author:Chris Noth
“Well, I was coming off of being on 'Law & Order,' and I was a little worried that it might be the end of my career - I've never been one of those actors with a lot of confidence that the next good job will come along.” WellsLittlesEndsMightJobsLawOrderNextActorsCareersWorriedGood Job Author:Jeremy Sisto
“Those who perceive in themselves... the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.” FeelsWholeHumanityOrderActorsTalentPoetWasteMusicianObligationPainterArtisticPerceiveVocationNeighbourSculptors Author:Pope John Paul II
“Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.” WellsAbleArtistOrderActorsSuccessfulMusicianPainterAll TimeBeing SuccessfulGreat Artist Author:Lady Gaga
“I'm not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don't need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who's been a father would be able to act.” NeedsHas BeensPlayWould BeAbleOrderActorsFatherBitsAccess Author:Bill Nighy
“The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act.” OrderActorsDifferencesWatchesPainter Author:Al Pacino
“I feel that in order to truly be an actor, you have to differentiate yourself and your roles, and you have to constantly challenge yourself. I'm not interested in just doing glitzy movie after glitzy movie and being on the cover of Us Weekly every day.” FeelsOrderActorsRolesDifferentiate Author:Michelle Trachtenberg
“As the actor, you just have to believe in what your character is doing in order to play them.” BelievePlayCharacterOrderActors Author:Kristen Bell
“Getting the correct writer is simply like casting. You wouldn't hire an actor in order to tell him how to work. He knows how to work, which is why you hired him.” KnowsOrderActorsKnow HowCasting Author:William Monahan
“I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingDifferentPlayCharacterOrderActorsMovieRestrainingRestraining Orders Author:Ryan Gosling
“The word 'ego' is very important. The ego is an important element of being human, and of being creative. We need that ego in order to give us a confidence of doing what we're doing. Ego pushes us into the creative world in order to create for something more. I think that a great company of actors, they all have egos, very strong egos, but they're all prepared to share together in order to achieve something even better than that.” ThinkingWorldNeedsGivingHumansImportantTogetherOrderActorsStrongCompanyCreativeShareAchieveEgoElementsPreparedVery StrongBeing HumanBe CreativeGreat Company Author:George Ogilvie
“There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep pointing you that way, but it is also your job as an actor to understand that there are scenes that you do, particularly when you are the lead, where other people get to come in and steal and you have to let them. I understand that but a good director always reminds you where those moments are.” PeopleWayEndsMomentsJobsOrderActorsWinningLosesSceneDirectorsStealingPointingGood Directors Author:George Clooney
“With the growth of the world population, the global climate change and the need for a greater healthy environment, access to water resources has become a crucial condition for the realization of an equitable international order, where the needs of the peoples are effectively addressed. In this regard, the need for international cooperation, including in joint effort with relevant non-state actors, is paramount to ensure water is made available to all without discrimination. Water is a human right, an enabling right, not a mere commodity.” WorldNeedsHumansMadeStatesOrderActorsGrowthWaterEffortEnvironmentGreaterConditionsHealthyResourcesRegardMereClimateClimate ChangeIncludingInternationalPopulationAvailableAccessDiscriminationRealizationCooperationCrucialRelevantCommodityJointsEnablingParamountEquitableWater ResourcesWorld PopulationInternational CooperationHealthy EnvironmentJoint EffortsAccess To Water Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.” ThinkingOrderActorsWatchesGood Actors Author:Max von Sydow
“I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the scene. I sort of come in and out of it. It can be to the detriment of my performance sometimes!” SometimesOrderActorsDarkScenePerformancesDark Places Author:Matthew Rhys
“As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.” JobsOrderActorsIssuesTroubleDirectorsProducersChainsMinoritiesCastingMaking A LivingFood ChainControl IssuesTrouble MakingPecking Order Author:B. D. Wong
“customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one on through some violent exertions; though after all it must be confessed that silence is the most flattering applause an Actor can receive.” OrderActorsVoiceSilenceGainsTheaterBreathsViolentCheerSilence IsApplauseFlatteringExertionInterruptions Author:Sarah Siddons
“In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsAbleOrderActorsEnjoyActingGood Actors Author:Tim DeKay