“A lot of people are doing television now. Great, legendary actors are doing movies on cable and stuff now, and you can't blame them, because they're still doing adult dramas and adult comedies on those stations.” PeopleStillsActorsStuffComedyTelevisionDramaAdultsBlameStationsCablesLegendary Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are charmed by passages. And who has greater reason to rejoice in this than actors, since the stage is ever but a patched and piecemeal matter?” MatterReasonWholeActorsNationsActingGreaterModernStagePraiseBlamePassagesRejoiceCharmed Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.” PeopleKnowsIdeasActorsLostLinesStageStandingPraiseBlameWingsCriticsPreacherReminding Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“I don't think actors are to blame for poor writing. The culture changes first, and the theater follows it. In the case of the movies, it's the same thing.” ThinkingWritingFirstsCultureActorsPoorCasesTheaterBlameCulture Change Author:Christopher Reeve
“I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.” DoneActorsDirectorsBlame Author:Steve Buscemi
“We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours and we feel that they're phoney, but we do it because the director asks for it, that's the one that they pick in the cutting room. And I contend that when you see a movie with bad acting, don't blame the actor... blame those guys in the cutting room because they like that take.” FeelsGuyCertainActorsAsksRoomsActingCuttingDirectorsPicksAskingBlameExtraordinaryColourNuanceBad Acting Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.” IfsFeelsActorsBlameStudiosComplainingOver You Author:John C. Reilly
“In the Twenties, it wasn't a remarkable thing for a singer to be an actor, or even to be involved in politics. If this is our roots, how can you blame the branches for following the course of the roots.” IfsCoursesActorsInvolvedRootsTwentiesBlameFollowingSingersBranchesRemarkable Author:Terrence Howard
“There's lots of room to be your own worse critic. It's just you, so I think that's inherit, that voice that's always that's there monitoring everything you do. It's definitely worse; the critic is harder when it's just you. If you're doing a show, then the critic can blame the other actors your with.” IfsThinkingShowsActorsVoiceRoomsHarderBlameCriticsMonitoring Author:Jason Graae
“You get to use everything you learned in movie business. You talk to actors, if you do it right - and I haven't always done it right - you should be shaping the material all the time. And the other thing is, you get all the blame when you direct and it doesn't work. You get slammed. So that's another reason to know what you're making, why you're making it, and make it the way you want.” IfsKnowsWayWantShouldReasonDoneUseActorsHavensMaterialsDirectBlameMovie Business Author:Bob Odenkirk
“I blame Walt Disney; well he has to find voice actors better than me somehow doesn't he?” WellsActorsVoiceBlameWalt Author:Zach Braff