“I think often I learn the most from other people's mistakes. If I'm in the audience watching an actor and thinking, 'I don't believe you,' I spend the rest of the play working out why I don't believe them.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelievePlayActorsMistakeAudienceDon't BelieveWork OutI Don't Believe You Author:Richard Madden
“A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingTryingLawActorsActingPlansDegreesWork OutPracticalsMovieFilmmakingReverse Author:Brit Marling
“I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.” IfsWantIdeasActorsAttitudeHonestSceneWork OutShootingStanding OutThumbs Author:David Lynch
“Our job as actors, especially in front of a camera, is almost like textile artists. We spend so much time getting the right texture of yarn, and working out the color scheme, and binding off the weave, and making it just right.” JobsArtistActorsFrontsColorCamerasWork OutSchemesTextureBindingYarnTextiles Author:Anthony Heald