“A lot of people, especially Christians, want to put you in this box of being a Christian actor, and I don't believe in it. You do yourself and everyone else a big disservice when you start thinking about it as "Christian art." That's why most Christian art is bad. They don't put a premium on the "art."” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveArtBigsChristianActorsArt IsDon't BelieveBoxesPremiumDisserviceChristian Art Author:Zachary Levi
“Josh Radnor is that rare thing: a writer-director who thinks like an actor but still knows how to create a comedy with shape and vision. Liberal Arts is the best movie about college I’ve seen since I don’t know what...Dryly affectionate and super-sharp. Elizabeth Olsen is every inch a star.” ThinkingKnowsArtStillsActorsStarsVisionKnow HowComedyCollegeShapesDirectorsArt IsInchesAffectionateJoshLiberal ArtsRare Things Author:Owen Gleiberman
“Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.” ArtFormActorsEmotionEmotionalArt IsAbuseDramaticMasturbationCatharticActing From Actors Book:Ends and Means: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization Source: Ends and Means: An Inquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization
“Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.” PeopleGivingArtActorsProudArt IsMercyCompromiseBe ProudNo Compromise Author:Christian Bale
“Making art, being creative, is risky, especially for actors, but everybody on the set is being creative. You're putting yourself out there with ideas, and to have your brain be free of stress so that it can actually do its best work, it feels like you want to have a real sense of intimacy and connection and trust with everybody.” WantFeelsArtIdeasRealActorsBrainCreativeLike YouArt IsConnectionsStressIntimacyWorking ItBe CreativeBest WorkPutting Yourself Out There Author:Lynn Shelton
“I love voice over work. To me, voice over and animation is such an art, because you focus solely on your voice. You do not focus on how to speak, combined with facial expressions, movement, etc. You as the actor need to convey all those things with only your voice.” NeedsArtActorsSpeakVoiceFocusMovementExpressionArt IsEtcAnimationFacialFacial ExpressionVoice Over Author:Atticus Shaffer
“I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a lot of questions is that part of this job and this life we've chosen is doing personal exploration in front of an audience. In a lot of ways, that's what art is: personal searching with people watching.” PeopleWayArtJobsArtistActorsAudienceOne ThingFrontsLuckyArt IsAskingChosenAdmireThis LifeExploration Author:Jason Segel
“The genuine artist is never 'true to life.' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life.” ArtRealPlayRealityArtistActorsArt IsReal LifeGenuineTrue Life Author:Wallace Stevens