“Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.” IfsKnowsFilmActorsCapableBuiltChosenLead In Author:Zhang Ziyi
“As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.” FeelsFirstsIdeasActorsLike YouCapableFirst TimeNo Idea Author:Brit Marling
“Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.” PeopleMenPlayWould BeActorsWinningAbilityPoorActingOpinionAudienceFrontsTasteCapableConcernPerformancesDecentApplauseGalleryDecent ManGood ActingPoor PerformancePoor Taste Book:Chamfort: Reflections on Life, Love & Society : Together with Anecdotes and Little Philosophical Dialogues Source: Chamfort: Reflections on Life, Love & Society : Together with Anecdotes and Little Philosophical Dialogues
“I just love the whole art form of acting, of being in front of a camera and playing different things. Not that I would ever say I'm the greatest actor in the world, but I am capable of playing different kinds of roles that emotionally I could get into.” WorldKindArtDifferentWholeFormActorsActingRolesFrontsCapableCamerasDifferent ThingsDifferent Kinds Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“Keats himself spoke about how Shakespeare was capable of erasing himself completely from the characters he had created. As an actor, that is what I'm trying to do.” TryingCharacterActorsCapableSpokes Author:Ben Whishaw
“I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence, the feeling that if they make mistakes, then as a director, you'll know how to help them. If you're able to convey that, then the actors will give you wonderful performances. As well as the author, you have to write scenes that give the actors the opportunity to show what they're capable of.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWritingWellsImportantHelpingShowsFeelingsAbleActorsOpportunityMistakeKnow HowWonderfulSceneDirectorsCapablePerformancesMaking MistakesProtectedWhat's Important Author:Michael Haneke
“The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean homesteading − some type of first use or embordering activity. Obviously, an actor must already own his body if he is to be a homesteader; self-ownership is not acquired by homesteading but rather is presupposed in any act or defense of homesteading.” IfsFirstsHumansSelfUseBodyActorsViewsTypeActivityCapableResourcesDefenseLibertarianOwnersOwnershipScarceScarce ResourcesHomesteadingSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“We just, you know, we're just sort of doing it like Bewitched, because we just think that the character of Kenny is so specific and so outrageous and so fun. And by far the hardest character to cast out of everybody to find someone who was capable of, you know, doing, you know, the comedy and just with the broadness and to be also just a really brilliant actor, you know, to do naturalism.” ThinkingKnowsCharacterActorsFunComedyCapableCastsBrilliantHardestOutrageousDoing YouNaturalismKennyBewitched Author:Debra Messing
“I really like the way that Jack Nicholson [acts] in particular works. I like the fact that he takes enormous risks. He's an enormously disciplined actor who seems to be totally capable of dealing with the business as a business and yet drop it totally when he's working.” WayFactsSeemsActorsRiskParticularCapableEnormousNicholson Author:Tim Curry
“When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.” IfsKnowsMatterSchoolActorsOpportunityRealizingCollegeCapableHigh SchoolOkayGradesKnow YourselfGrades In School Author:Bryan Cranston
“It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you can relax a bit.” KnowsWritingActorsBitsCapableRelax Author:Steven Knight
“I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.” ActorsOpportunityNiceHavensCapableLuxuryVarietyReally Nice Author:James McAvoy
“I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.” WayBelieveDesireActorsEmotionCapableDon't Believe Author:Romola Garai