“I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an actor first.” FirstsActorsDealsCareersWeight Author:Sara Rue
“A lot of people give actors credit when they gain weight for a role in a drama when they win an Oscar, but when you’re doing a sitcom, people don’t give you a lot of credit, because you’ve got to keep your weight on for five or six years if it’s successful.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsActorsWinningRolesSuccessfulFiveDramaSixGainsWeightCreditOscarsSitcom Author:Mike O'Malley
“I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.” PlayActorsLosesWeightLose Weight Author:Christian McKay
“As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the writing, at the end of the day, for me. I don't care if it's a two-line cameo or the lead of the thing, as long as the project has some weight behind the writing and it's interesting and I think people will enjoy it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingLongTwoEndsCareActorsEnjoyLinesInterestingBehindsProjectsWeightStrategyDon't CareI Don't CareThe End Of The DayCameos Author:Chris Vance
“If you put on a lousy production with white actors, it's lousy. There is a problem, or can be, at this stage of our social evolution, with mixing the casts. It may not be a question of race so much as class. You would rarely find a black man in a high executive position where he was swinging his weight around.” IfsMenMayProblemActorsSocialBlackWhiteRaceClassStagePositionEvolutionWeightCastsProductionsExecutivesMixing Author:Howard Schultz