“I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the script was the way that the personal and the global are woven together.” ThinkingWayTogetherJobsJoyReadingActorsParticularScriptsWovenJoy Of Reading Author:Jeremy Northam
“I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.” NeedsLooksKindFilmCertainActorsStarsQualityFiguresParticularOrdinaryIllusionClaimsFilm Stars Author:Stephen Fry
“I don't want to be quoted as 'Tom Hiddleston, psychologist says...' But there is a psychological aspect to being an actor. We are particular students of human nature - not every actor is, of course, but that's what fascinates me about being an actor.” WantHumansCoursesActorsHuman NatureStudentsParticularAspectPsychologicalTomsPsychologist Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I can do a limited amount of things and that's what I do and I feel comfortable doing it and I have no particular desire to do anything else as an actor.” FeelsI CanDesireActorsCan DoParticularAmountComfortable Author:Woody Allen
“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
“All behavior involves conscious or unconscious selection of particular actions out of all those which are physically possible to the actor and to those persons over whom he exercises influence and authority.” PersonsActionActorsInfluenceParticularExerciseAuthorityBehaviorConsciousUnconsciousSelection Book:Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-making Processes in Administrative Organization Source: Administrative Behavior: A Study of Decision-making Processes in Administrative Organization
“I dont think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones arent. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsEndsWould BeFilmTurnsActorsKnowingWonderfulParticularSkillsProjectsScriptsLuxuryTomsCruiseGreat Film Author:Jonny Lee Miller
“There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and most recently George Clooney to name a few. Remarkably, their films share an unusually high percentage of being very good.” FilmActorsNamesShareParticularTraditionVery GoodPercentagesKevinBeattyDirecting Film Author:Steven Van Zandt
“I think there will always be a particular generation of actors who think that they're going to be replaced by robots. But certainly the emerging actors understand that that's part of the craft.” ThinkingActorsGenerationsParticularCraftsReplacedRobotsEmerging Author:Andy Serkis
“When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.” ActorsNiceParticularPeriodsMadFatsVillageDiariesTime Periods Author:Nico
“I'm not necessarily a good actor, but once people start saying you are, you are. And I know that that's a truism, and there's obviously nothing important in that particular statement, but it's really about the fact that people create you as a good actor.” PeopleKnowsImportantFactsActorsParticularStatementsGood ActorsTruism Author:Alexander Siddig