“It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.” ThinkingFilmActorsToo MuchDangerousMovieDisagreeFilmmakingPopularityContestsPopularity Contest Author:Julia Leigh
“I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsActorsToo Much Author:Molly Parker
“You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.” WantFeelsTryingHardActorsWatchesToo MuchPositionCastsUnfortunateNeedyTrying Too Hard Author:Jess Weixler
“Performers always come back from the Edinburgh festival with adventure stories. Watts told a few: meeting a young kilt maker who spent a year in a madhouse after eating too much LSD, and accompanying Seattle actor and musician Michael McQuilken (of Collaborator Productions) to the hospital after a Frisbee accident. He reached up to catch it and cut his hand on a sign, .. He had to get a few stitches, but I think he can still play.” ThinkingYearsStillsPlayStoriesHandsYoungActorsToo MuchCuttingAdventureEatingMusicianMeetingsProductionsAccidentsHospitalsMakersPerformersFestivalsSeattleCollaboratorsLsdStitchesEdinburghMadhousesFrisbeeKilts Author:Reggie Watts
“I'm always in the elements, it seems like it's pouring rain on me a lot and there's crowds of people pushing me around, and it feels very real. Which is great as a actor, you don't have to come up with too much of it. I'm always amazed.” PeopleFeelsRealSeemsActorsToo MuchElementsRainCome UpCrowdsPushingAmazedPouringPouring Rain Author:Charlie Day
“If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff - it would be too much.” IfsThinkingLongHardWould BeActorsStuffTermToo MuchBalancePartnersLong TermStrainMortgage Author:Rory McCann
“You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be.” WantKindDifferentActorsWorryToo MuchDifferent KindsProfile Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and "Touch this, that, and the other," it's too much for me. I find it hard to tolerate that sort of stuff. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. You're wasting everyone's time.” IfsHardActorsStuffEnjoyEnvironmentToo MuchChairsTolerateStressful Author:Paddy Considine
“If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.” IfsWayYoungArtistFallActorsChallengesToo MuchFailingSucceedNotionCreatorPainterDecentLockedSuccess And FailureUnhealthyYoung ActorsCommunicatorsChallenge Yourself Author:Emma Thompson
“I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.” WantActorsEnjoyToo MuchTheatre Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“An actress friend of mine shared a great trick. She told me to stick my tongue behind my teeth when I smile to keep from over-smiling. If you smile without doing it, sometimes your gums show a little too much. It's an actor's trick!” IfsLittlesSometimesShowsActorsBehindsToo MuchMinesSticksTongueActressesTricksTeethI SmileGum Author:Jessica Chastain
“There are things that I would avoid, so I have the choice to say no, when I feel I'm repeating myself too much. But then there could be a reason to do that with a good director. So I think actors have to have a loose philosophy.” ThinkingFeelsReasonPhilosophyChoicesActorsToo MuchDirectorsGood Directors Author:Toby Jones
“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
“I find, surprisingly, that actors are liberated in their work if there's stuff going on around them, because they can't think too much about who they're supposed to be.” IfsThinkingActorsStuffToo MuchSupposed To BeLiberated Author:Michel Gondry