“I really want to work in a movie with Quentin Tarantino. I think he makes fantastic movies. I love people that create a different reality for the actors to live in.” PeopleThinkingWantDifferentRealityActorsFantasticQuentinTarantinoDifferent Realities Author:Daniella Alonso
“I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.” WantKindMomentsWantedActorsActingClassTheoryLive In The Moment Author:Caity Lotz
“Any actor has their moments of being stressed, but the great part about this job is that it's so unpredictable, and that's what I like. I love spontaneity. I don't ever want to be bored, doing the same thing from 9 to 5.” WantMomentsJobsActorsBoredUnpredictableStressedSpontaneity Author:Liana Liberato
“I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from Asia.” WantHas BeensActorsHollywoodActressesChineseAsiaAsianHiringHong Kong Author:Ming-Na Wen
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.” WantMadeKidsAgeFilmActorsBoysGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodInspiredGoldenObsessedFavouriteDetectivesGangstersGolden AgeTracy Author:Ryan Gosling
“I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me.” PeopleIfsWantActorsHollywoodAssumingMinnesota Author:Chris Massoglia
“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
“I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.” WantPersonsTwoSometimesHandsActorsStarsWalksHugePrioritiesHand In HandGreat Actors Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you want to have your own space. But there are a lot of actors who achieve it, a lot of movie stars even, people like Emily Watson and Cate Blanchett. They seem to be able to carry on with their lives and still produce wonderful, high-profile work.” PeopleWantStillsEnoughSeemsAbleActorsStarsSpaceWonderfulAchieveProduceMovie StarProfileWatsonEmilyHigh Profile Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don't want to ever be that.” IfsWantActorsAudienceBoringBored Author:Eva Amurri
“Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways its a lot easier than acting because youre orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes youre trying to second-guess what people want.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsTryingDifferentSometimesStoriesActorsActingPiecesWrittenEasierDirectorsCompelled Author:Paddy Considine
“When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.” IfsWantNeedsAbleFilmActorsRealizingHappenedConversationCasts Author:Paddy Considine
“Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working with great actors and great directors - who wouldnt want to be a part of that? But its not going to break my heart if it doesnt happen. This business is about doing good work rather than how famous it makes you.” IfsWantWellsHeartSaidStillsHappensLyingActorsBreakMy HeartDirectorsAmbitionHollywoodPaidGood WorkDoing GoodGreat ActorsBreaking My Heart Author:Max Beesley
“I want only dead actors. That way there'll be no jealousy.” WayWantActors Book:Adieu, Volodya: A Novel Source: Adieu, Volodya: A Novel
“Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.” ThinkingWantFactsActorsInterestingActingScriptsNonsensePretentiousOften Is Author:Hugh Grant
“Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment.” WayWantNeedsMomentsActorsLostActingWonderfulWhat You WantSusceptibleClearingWants And Needs Author:Meryl Streep
“The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the piece, has to answer questions from actors, design, set, lighting, every department throughout the pre-production, production, and post-production, because they've got it in their mind. They've got to know exactly what they want and what the style and story of the movie is. It's them. They make it.” KnowsWantMindStoriesActorsAnswersPiecesStyleDesignDirectorsProductionsPostsDepartmentLightingPost Production Author:Jon Lovitz
“Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There aren't that many. It's hard because you have to be able to do both.” PeopleThinkingWantHardReasonAbleActorsSeriousComicComedianSense Of HumorJealous Author:Jon Lovitz
“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
“As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.” WantYearsEndsShowsThreeActorsFourTvsFour YearsTv Shows Author:Michael Ian Black
“As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.” WantGuyActorsKnownCareersRolesNiceGreat Things Author:Anthony Mackie
“There's so much I want to do as an actor. I feel like there's so much more that I want to achieve and that I can achieve.” WantFeelsI CanActorsAchieve Author:Hilary Swank
“I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.” WorldWantKindFormArtistGirlActorsFunComedyCamerasHip HopHipsComedianHopsSlapParodyHip Hop Artist Author:Pauly Shore
“I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about and I don't want to be spouting off at the mouth about something before it's out there and can speak for itself.” WantActorsSpeakTalkingMusicianMouthsPassionate Author:Jared Leto
“What I try to do is make sure that the directors I'm working with are on the same page and want to do the same kind of films. You can really protect yourself as an actor if you work with really good people. It can hide a lot of flaws along the way.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingKindFilmActorsDirectorsProtectPagesFlawsGood PeopleProtect Yourself Author:George Clooney
“I don't ever want to do a movie where you shoot it on a motion capture stage. I just don't like taking the reality out of it. I like being on the set in real environments. I don't like shooting on green screen. I think it gives the actors so much more to play with when there's real stuff happening on the set.” ThinkingWantGivingRealPlayRealityActorsStuffEnvironmentStageHappeningsGreenScreensShootingCaptureReal Stuff Author:Michael Bay
“I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.” PeopleWantRealUseActorsVoiceRealismDocumentariesPhysicality Author:Ricky Gervais
“As an actor you want people to know you and there are times you want your pictures taken, but it's unnerving to walk out of a venue with friends and there are 20 people flashing lights in your face. Do you know how bright those lights are?” PeopleKnowsWantLightFacesActorsWalksKnow HowTakenDo You KnowYour FaceVenuesPicture TakenFlashing Lights Author:Ashley Greene
“Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.” WayWantWritingFirstsPersonsBookDifferentActorsStageMaterialsElementsThirdsBiggerDramaticPullingPresentationFirst PersonThird Person Author:Brian Greene
“If I weren't doing what I'm doing now, the actress thing, the star business, if you want to call it that, whatever it is, I'd be in an asylum. I'm sure of it.” IfsWantActorsStarsActressesAsylums Author:Mia Farrow
“I don't want fame. I want to grow as an actor and a person while having my family and my life.” WantPersonsActorsGrowsFameMy Family Author:Leighton Meester
“Actors tend to be quite good at getting on with people. If you’re an arsehole, people don’t want to work with you. You won’t get hired Well, there are a few arseholes.” PeopleIfsWantWellsActorsArseholes Author:Bertie Carvel
“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
“As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.” IfsWantRunningActorsShootingNapsTrailers Author:Misha Collins
“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible.” WantChildrenEndsShowsBigsSongGirlActorsMemoriesStageDadTerribleDirectorsSingingWestMy DadFolksShow MeAuditionsDonkeyQueuesChild ActorsFolk SongsWest End Author:Emilia Clarke
“the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."” WayWantYearsWellsPlayGuyCertainActorsRolesOne ThingOffersBest WayWant Me Author:Wes Anderson
“I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.” WantWantedActorsCommunityStageNew YorkActressesDrag Author:Lily Tomlin
“There's a lot of great stuff on television and that's very appealing to actors who want to work, who do good quality and high quality work. But you're always concerned that the time demands on television will interrupt or interfere with your film work.” WantFilmActorsStuffQualityTelevisionDemandConcernedInterfereHigh QualityGood QualityQuality Work Author:Wesley Snipes
“I don't want to just be an actor my whole life. I mean I do want to be an actor my whole life but not only an actor, I want to be an artist.” WantMeanWholeArtistActorsWhole Life Author:Ansel Elgort
“A lot of people want to judge the fact that I'm an actor. That's ridiculous. No one knows what I was doing before I made my first movie. I just happened to do it as an actor all the while I've been doing music, but never with the intention to become a screaming famous pop star.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsMadeFactsActorsStarsHappenedJudgingIntentionPopsRidiculousPop Stars Author:Taryn Manning
“I'm not one of those actors who's very good at having a list of roles that I want to play someday - which is bad, because I really need to do it. I have people in theaters ask me what I want to do and I don't have an answer!” PeopleWantNeedsPlayActorsAsksAnswersRolesTheaterVery GoodListsAsk MeSomeday Author:Michael Cerveris
“Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.” IfsWantActorsRaisesInterviewsProfile Author:Jack Gleeson
“I remember seeing Aladdin when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do. Mum said I couldnt be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, OK, then, I want to be an actor.” WantDoeSaidBigsRememberFilmGuyActorsVoiceFiveSeeingSixScreensMumRobinsBig ScreenGeniesVoice Over Author:Darren Criss
“I want to run for the Senate from Tennessee. Not now, but when I'm 50, when music dies down a little bit. I know lots of artists and actors have those delusions of grandeur, but ever since I was a kid, it's been of interest to me.” KnowsWantLittlesRunningKidsArtistDiesActorsBitsInterestLittle BitDelusionSenateGrandeurTennesseeDelusions Of Grandeur Author:Tim McGraw
“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
“But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.” WantImportantBigsActorsDifferencesDirectorsProjectsFilmmaker Author:Eriq La Salle
“Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.” WantFirstsLittlesDoneAbleActorsBoxesBunchAfrican AmericanNow And ThenCrashRise AbovePersona Author:Eddie Murphy
“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 always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge. But, you want to take up that challenge and try your best.” ThinkingWantTryingCharacterActorsDifficultChallengesInterestingDevelopingPush YourselfTry Your BestAsa Author:Asa Butterfield