“It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play. I don't know. I can only say this: I don't want to and have no interest in playing a plastic surgeon. That's for sure. I'm open to anything else.” PeopleKnowsWantI CanPlayNextActorsAsksInterestPlasticSurgeonsPlastic Surgeons Author:Dylan Walsh
“The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?'” YearsLastsActorsAsksWinningMonthsHollywoodTwelveLast YearOscars Author:Cliff Robertson
“I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.” ThinkingEnoughFilmActorsAsksAsk MeMovieDisappointedFilmmakingBrosWarner Bros Author:Richard Donner
“If you ask any actor "What single thing would make you really, really happy?" Among the top five things they'd say is not having to audition anymore.” IfsActorsAsksFiveAuditionsReally Happy Author:Bill Nighy
“I'm an actor... I do a job and I go home. Why are you interested in me? You don't ask a truck driver about his job.” HomeJobsActorsAsksDriversTruckTruck Driver Author:James Gandolfini
“People always want to ask me about my dad. Which I get because he's a phenomenal actor, and that's for the world, that's out there. But my mother is every bit as impressive and as important for the world as my dad is. It's just that she's not an actor.” PeopleWorldWantImportantMotherActorsAsksBitsDadMy DadAsk MeImpressivePhenomenal Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.” WayWantNeedsI CanImportantJobsActorsAsksCan DoChallengesActingSceneDirectorsIngredients Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“It [RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE] has definitely been the biggest learning curve for me. As an actor, whenever I start on a movie, different things that I perform in ask for different skill sets. And this one is definitely the technological side of it. You have to hit your mark. You can't weave back and forth because your nose is jutting at you in 3-D. It's really been learning how to do that and also it's exciting to be on the forefront of this technology.” DifferentEvilActorsAsksSidesTechnologySkillsExcitingMarkNosesDifferent ThingsAfterlifeTechnologicalCurvesBack And ForthResidentsLearning CurveResident Evil Author:Ali Larter
“We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.” BelievePersonsDifferentActorsAsksActresses Author:Edith Head
“What I love about him [Robert Rodriguez] is that he understands that actors are transformational. It's a natural instinct to ask people to do what you've seen them do before. Until you see someone do something new, you don't know what they can.” PeopleKnowsActorsAsksNaturalInstinctSomething NewNatural InstinctNew You Author:Carla Gugino
“Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.” IfsKnowsWantGuyNextActorsAsksProcessCan DoActingMorningTelevisionEqualScriptsRidiculousAsk MeContemptResilient Author:Holt McCallany
“Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.” KnowsSometimesActorsAsksAnswers Author:Kevin Spacey
“I don't know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships.” KnowsWantChildrenActorsAsksAdviceHealthyDatingPostersHealthy Relationship Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the films or things that actors do or people in real life who have behaviors or idiosyncrasies that I like or find interesting and I try to remember that. And then I'll do a prayer. I'll do a prayer to ask the character or the spirit of the character to come and visit me. And let's work together.” PeopleTryingLittlesDifferentRealCharacterTogetherRememberFilmSpiritActorsAsksPrayerInterestingWatchesBehaviorPerformancesReal LifeWorking TogetherLittle ThingsIdiosyncrasies Author:Wesley Snipes
“One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.” KnowsWayMeanActorsAsksCausesProcessSpaceDirectors Author:Alan Rickman
“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
“Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentSometimesFactsActorsAsksDealsEffectsInvolvedHorrorApproachAgentsBurningAsk MeFirmIconsFbiMississippiJigsawNordicStokeFbi Agents Author:Tobin Bell
“A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything.” PeopleIfsWayWantWholeActorsAsksJourneyFacilitate Author:Ryan Gosling
“My experience over the years with working with people who are not actors or not trained actors is that you have to get to know them well enough to see what they have that's translatable onto the screen. So you're constantly calibrating to play to their strengths. And the key is to never ask them to do things that are beyond their abilities or are really far away from who they are at their core.” PeopleKnowsYearsWellsEnoughPlayActorsAsksAbilityKeysScreensCoreFar Away Author:Steven Soderbergh
“Well, good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. So automatically you're getting closer to potentially divine sources of interest because it is abstract. It's one of the only ways that a film actor can express himself in the abstract and have audiences still go along for the ride. They don't contend it. They accept it, that they're going to go places that are a bit more of the imagination, a bit more out there, and that's more and more where I like to dance.” PeopleWayMindWellsStillsBigsFilmActorsAsksBitsInterestImaginationFictionAcceptingAudienceImpossibleDivineSourceRootsIntelligentScience FictionAbstractBig QuestionsAlong For The RideFilm ActorsGood Science Author:Nicolas Cage
“What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - its relevant to my life as an actor and as a man.” MenActorsAsksMalesRelevantTypical Author:Elliot Cowan
“I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.” IfsRealProblemCoursesActorsAsksRealizingAbilityActingTalkingFrontsListeningHarderCamerasHardestAssistantsNot TalkingRetarded Author:Brett Ratner
“As an actor - like an artist - you have to ask, "Why do I choose a certain moment to play something a certain way?" It's organic to who we are.” WayPlayMomentsArtistCertainActorsAsksWho We Are Author:Tom Cruise