“I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because theyve been on reality TV or something.” PeopleWantRealityActorsActingClearTvsDistinctionReality Tv Author:Damian Lewis
“There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.” PeopleWayNeedsGivingMayActorsActingBecomingDistinctionAvoidingLicensePrivate LifeTabloidsFodder Author:Damian Lewis
“Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.” PeopleImportantDifferentActorsRolesDifferent ThingsAllowing Author:Damian Lewis
“There are always going to be people that are judgmental that are going to say, 'Well, he was an actor first, so he doesn't have the right to be a musician,' or, 'I know him as this, so therefore I will never accept him as that.' I can't change those people. I can only be myself. And I can only keep making art. I can only do the best that I can. I am not going to spend my life trying to silence the critics. I'm going to do what I'm passionate about and follow my dreams.” PeopleKnowsTryingFirstsWellsArtI CanDreamActorsSilenceAcceptingMusicianCriticsPassionateDo The BestCan't ChangeJudgmental Author:Jared Leto
“I'm not just friends with fellow actors, but I find that a lot of people are out here in L.A. I go out of my way to make sure that's not the case, but I do have a lot of friends who are actors.” PeopleWayActorsCasesFellowsMy WayLots Of FriendsJust Friends Author:Topher Grace
“I have a really dry sense of humor. I don't think it's funny when people wink at the camera. That's more of an actor thing, just committing to whatever the thing is.” PeopleThinkingActorsCamerasDrySense Of HumorDry Sense Of Humor Author:Topher Grace
“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
“I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of.” PeopleWantSometimesActorsFeltViolenceResponsibleWeird Things Author:Sophie Marceau
“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
“For the first 10 minutes after you meet them, they have the wattage and charisma of movie stars. Then you have a coffee with them and you realize we're all the same, we're all just people. All of the actors in The Avengers are so nice. Marvel has these code names for projects and the code name for The Avengers was Group Hug. It felt very much like a group hug on set.” PeopleFirstsActorsNamesStarsFeltRealizingNiceGroupsMinutesProjectsCoffeeCodeHugMovie StarCharismaAvengers Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I'll tell you what I think in general about people who want to make their Broadway debut that are not trained stage actors. Don't they know, Broadway ain't for sissies? It is a tough gig. You are responsible, physically, mentally, emotionally, for eight shows a week, at the top of your game. It's not easy.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantShowsActorsGamesEasyWeekStageToughResponsibleEightBroadwayGigsDebutSissyStage Actors Author:Patti LuPone
“A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.” PeopleArtFilmActorsRealizingActingPerformingMartial ArtsArt Films Author:Donnie Yen
“I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingBookCultureActorsAssumingIntentionExploits Author:Jonah Hill
“You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.” PeopleKnowsBelieveActors Author:Jim Caviezel
“I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too.” PeopleThinkingWantKindArtActorsStruggleSittingBe YouComplacencySitting AroundGrumbling Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?” PeopleThinkingWantMeanActorsWinningGoalDisasterSettingSettingsOscars Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.” PeopleActorsJudgingEqualPraiseCriticize Author:Laurence Fox
“I've never really taken myself seriously as an actor, It is surprising the amount of people who think I'm going to be really dumb. I think they think anyone who has done teen movies is just an idiot. I don't know, maybe I am. Some of the best actors, if you talk to them, they're not the smartest people in the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldDoneActorsTakenAmountDumbIdiotSurprisingReally Dumb Author:Robert Pattinson
“That's an amazing gift as an actor - to be able to say I have an audience in so many countries in the world and that people know my work.” PeopleKnowsWorldCountryAbleActorsAudience Author:Elisabeth Harnois
“I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.” PeopleActorsEnjoyHardestComicDramaticThings To DoHardest ThingRatiosComedicHardest Thing To Do Author:Charles Grodin
“Before I made it big I worked as a dishwasher, washing dishes in this place called Dishwasher House where people could just come in and do whatever they wanted to the dishes and we had to clean them with our hands till they bled. A lot of struggling actors worked there-Downey Jr., Joaquin Phoenix, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans-and we actually all kind of wish we still did.” PeopleKindMadeStillsHandsBigsWantedActorsHouseWishStruggleCleanAll KindsMade ItDishesWashingPhoenixIvoryDishwashersDamonWashing Dishes Author:William H. Macy
“Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will have great acting and carry good messages in the film. The films starring those actors are the films I tell young people to watch for good acting and to view for quality movies.” PeopleFilmYoungActorsViewsActingQualityWatchesMessagesRubiesGood Acting Author:Brian J. White
“Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. Its not really anything; its just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.” PeopleKnowsActorsPlayerTalentLike YouDeterminationLuckCardsPreparationDrive And Determination Author:Shia LaBeouf
“When I was 16 and wanted to be an actor, people told me to go work at the supermarket.” PeopleWantedActorsSupermarkets Author:Steve Valentine
“I hate going to L.A. and dealing with the contempt people have for television and television actors. Its unbelievable the kind of attitude people take toward what is the most exciting medium weve got right now.” PeopleKindHateActorsAttitudeTelevisionRight NowExcitingI HateMediumsContemptUnbelievable Author:Michael Moriarty
“It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.” PeopleWorldTryingFilmActorsEasyForgetIndustrySavingRecognitionObsessedSave The WorldFilm Industry Author:Charlie Cox
“I don't even think places like the National Youth Theatre (NYT) are necessarily about wanting to be an actor when you grow up. They're about meeting people from different backgrounds and different religions and different cultures, and mixing with people that you wouldn't ordinarily meet.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCultureActorsGrowsGrowing UpYouthMeetingsTheatreBackgroundsMixingDifferent CulturesDifferent ReligionsDifferent BackgroundsYouth Theatre Author:Ashley Jensen
“Many people with a wild desire to act prove failures on the stage, their inclinations are greater than their powers. Rarely is it the other way.” PeopleWayDesireActorsGreaterStageProveInclination Author:Alec-Tweedie
“The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if their malice can't persuade the town's-people into a dislike of their performance, they'll cruelly endeavor to taint their characters.” PeopleIfsMenCharacterActorsActingPerformancesTownsEnvyMotiveEndeavorShadeDislikeMalice Author:Charlotte Charke
“with a country of rare picturesqueness for a background, a people of rare beauty for actors, everybody more or less permeated with the artistic instinct and everybody more or less writing poetry - California has a pageant for breakfast, a fiesta for luncheon and a carnival for dinner. They are always electing queens. In fact any girl in California who hasn't been a queen of something before she's twenty-one is a poor prune.” PeopleWritingCountryFactsGirlActorsPoorTwentiesInstinctDinnerBackgroundsArtisticCaliforniaQueensBreakfastTwenty OneWriting PoetryPageantCarnivalsPrunesFiestaRare Beauty Author:Inez Haynes Irwin
“if your subject is an actor, he or she will also be shorter in person than they appear onscreen. This, also, you must keep to yourself. Even if you think you are giving their lack of height a positive spin, you aren't. 'You always seem larger than life in photos, but it's nice to see that in person you're just like us' might seem like a compliment, but what a star hears is 'You're stumpy, and you will lose jobs to taller people.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingPersonsSeemsMightJobsActorsStarsLosesNiceSubjectsHeightComplimentSensitivityLarger Than LifeKeep To Yourself Author:Jancee Dunn
“There is a bit of a once a soap actor always a soap actor thing, but I do think people still recognise talent. If youre good at something, then people have no choice but to accept it.” PeopleIfsThinkingStillsChoicesActorsBitsAcceptingTalentSoapRecognise Author:Judi Shekoni
“Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentSometimesFactsActorsAsksDealsEffectsInvolvedHorrorApproachAgentsBurningAsk MeFirmIconsFbiMississippiJigsawNordicStokeFbi Agents Author:Tobin Bell
“That excites me, working with really excellent people, be it wonderful directors or actors or cinematographers and especially writers. My work life is going to a set and having these great experiences and coming home shifted by them.” PeopleHomeLife IsActorsWonderfulDirectorsExcellentComing HomeGreat ExperiencesCinematographers Author:Deborah Kara Unger
“Once you walk off the set, if you're an actor, the rest isn't your responsibility, which I like a lot. I'm not responsible for the final product, which is why it's always a pleasure when you see it's in the hands of the people afterwards putting it together.” PeopleIfsHandsTogetherActorsWalksPleasureResponsibilityProductsResponsibleFinals Author:Justin Kirk
“There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.” PeopleIfsLongActorsActingStageMissingGoes OnTheaterEnormousHaulLong Haul Author:Justin Kirk
“You always like to learn from people as a young actor. I think every young actor says that, but its true.” PeopleThinkingYoungActorsYoung Actors Author:Tom Weston-Jones
“There's a subtleness to camera work. You can really create intimate moments on camera and sometimes that requires a little more precision from an actor, because you have to pull people in as opposed to throwing it to them.” PeopleLittlesSometimesMomentsActorsCamerasIntimateThrowingPrecisionIntimate Moments Author:Corey Reynolds
“I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantHardFilmActorsWatchesMillionsFiveDependsOfficeBoxesRelatedBox OfficeMore The MerrierBox Office Success Author:Rani Mukerji
“I want to prove to people that I'm an actor and not just a character.” PeopleWantCharacterActorsProve Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“Sitting for a picture is morbid business. A portrait doesn't begin to mean anything until the subject is dead. This is the whole point. We're doing this to create a kind of sentimental past for people in decades to come. It's their past, their history we're inventing here. And it's not how I look now that matters. It's how I'll look in twenty-five years as clothing and faces change, as photographs change. The deeper I pass into death, the more powerful my picture becomes. Isn't this why picture-taking is so ceremonial? It's like a wake. And I'm the actor made up for the laying-out.” PeopleYearsLooksKindMeanMadeMatterWholePastFacesActorsPowerfulFiveSubjectsSittingTwentiesPhotographDeeperDecadesFive YearsClothingsPortraitsSentimentalInventingTwenty FiveMorbidPicture Taking Book:Mao II Source: Mao II
“I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do” PeopleThinkingHateActorsI Hate Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
“Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.” PeopleWantMadeDifferentDoneActorsMaterialsInvolvedDirectorsProjectsHappeningsHollywoodExcitingCriticsEmbarrassedStanding Out Author:Pauly Shore
“I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I'm different people going through different situations.” PeopleKindDifferentPlayCharacterActorsSituationRolesDifferent PeoplesDifferent Characters Author:Josh Hutcherson
“A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.” PeopleIfsWayWantWholeActorsAsksJourneyFacilitate Author:Ryan Gosling
“I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too.” PeopleShouldBelieveKidsYoungActorsOpportunityI BelieveShould HaveOscars Author:Queen Latifah
“When you meet people that you know from other films - as often happens to me, and as tends to happens to you when you're an actor, you constantly meet people that you've seen in other films. But when it's people who've kind of had a seismic effect on your life, it's quite extraordinary.” PeopleKnowsKindHappensFilmActorsEffectsExtraordinary Author:Simon Pegg
“I feel it's so hard for young actors; It's a different world that they're coming up in; there's so much money to be made off of their personal lives, and people are bound and determined to make that money.” PeopleWorldFeelsMadeDifferentHardYoungActorsBoundsDeterminedPersonal LifeDifferent WorldsYoung Actors Author:Garrison Keillor
“I never look a gift horse in the mouth. And I've been really, really lucky. I'm aware of that. And my career has been given to me by the people I've worked with, no question. The actors, the directors, the cinematographers, the writers, all of whom gave me the opportunity to work in the way that I have and I'm really grateful.” PeopleWayLooksHas BeensActorsOpportunityGivenCareersLuckyDirectorsMouthsHorseGratefulCinematographers Author:Meryl Streep
“Sometimes, when people use too much blue screen in movies, the actors don't look credible, because they have their own opinion of what the thing will look like, and each person has a different opinion.” PeopleLooksPersonsDifferentSometimesUseActorsOpinionToo MuchBlueScreensCredibleDifferent Opinions Author:Michel Gondry