“It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.” ThinkingFilmActorsToo MuchDangerousMovieDisagreeFilmmakingPopularityContestsPopularity Contest Author:Julia Leigh
“With drama, you need to be laughing, in between takes, 'cause you're going to those recesses of your soul and those dangerous parts. Normally, if you're not an actor or some crazy artist, you don't feel the need to run around in those areas. You keep them separate because it's painful.” IfsNeedsFeelsSoulRunningArtistActorsCausesLaughingCrazyDangerousDramaAreasPainfulYour SoulRecess Author:Josh Peck
“It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place, for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape the theatre. And the actor who is a dreamer need not. All of us can only strive to remain uncontaminated. In the world we must be unworldly, in the theatre the actor must be untheatrical.” WorldNeedsShouldHumansHeartSoulActorsWorstDangerousTheaterStriveTheatreDesertIronyDreamerHuman SoulDangerous Places Author:Minnie Maddern Fiske
“Teller contended, not implausibly, that hydrogen bombs keep the peace, or at least prevent thermonuclear war, because the consequences of warfare between nuclear powers are now too dangerous. We haven't had a nuclear war yet, have we? But all such arguments assume that the nuclear-armed nations are and always will be, without exception, rational actors, and that bouts of anger and revenge and madness will never overtake their leaders (or military and secret police officers in charge of nuclear weapons). In the century of Hitler and Stalin, this seems ingenuous.” WarSeemsActorsNationsSecretLeaderCenturyMilitaryDangerousHavensWeaponsConsequenceArgumentMadnessPoliceAssumingRevengeNuclearRationalBombsExceptionOfficersNuclear WeaponsWarfarePolice OfficerNuclear WarHydrogenNuclear PowerSecret PoliceHydrogen Bomb Author:Carl Sagan
“All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.” ThinkingWantSaidActorsCareersAudienceDangerousCriticsProducersSilhouettes Author:Patti LuPone
“It's dangerous for one actor to advise another one, especially when you're not in charge. On the set, I'm never gonna tell another person, "Here's what I think you should do." That's a discussion they should only have with the writers, producers, and directors.” ThinkingShouldPersonsActorsDangerousDirectorsProducersDiscussionAdvise Author:David Koechner
“The most dangerous physicians are those born actors who imitate born physicians with a perfectly deceptive guile.” ActorsBornDangerousDoctorsPhysiciansDeceptiveGuile Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master.” GirlActorsStageDangerousDangerMastersDancingDanceTheatreTeaTango Author:Lillian Russell
“I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.” IfsThinkingActorsDangerousShootingDamage Author:Michael Pitt
“For an actor who has the ability to take a chance, which may make him look like a fool, but may end in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow so to speak. So you have to take chances to be a bit dangerous and a bit silly every now and then and playful.” LooksMayEndsActorsSpeakBitsChanceAbilityDangerousFoolGoldSillyPotNow And ThenRainbowTake A ChancePot Of Gold Author:Max Irons
“Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight quite simply changed the game. He raised the bar not just for actors in superhero films, but young actors everywhere; for me. His performance was dark, anarchic, dizzying, free, and totally, thrillingly, dangerous.” FilmYoungActorsGamesDarkDangerousChangedPerformancesRaisedBarsSuperheroKnightsYoung Actors Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous.” PeopleThinkingCertainActorsKnownDangerousDangerCriticism Author:Catherine Deneuve
“Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.” IfsThinkingHardPlayCharacterGuyValuesActorsDangerousJudgmentBad GuysThinking Of YouThinking Of Yourself Author:Stacy Keach
“In terms of trying to improve as an actor, for me it's always important to return to the stage. After doing a piece of theater for a prolonged period, I can think I must have surely improved in some way as an actor - you must be fitter than you were prior to doing it. For me, theater is very, very important in keeping things fresh and dangerous.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanImportantActorsTermPiecesStageDangerousReturnPeriodsTheater Author:Cillian Murphy
“This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.” WorldMadeActorsInterestingDangerousMade ItLiberating Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“If I had to fall in love with all the actresses I play with and live the situations I have to play, I would be lost ! I need to be solid and know who I really am to have fun in making something else. I noticed, while talking with other actors, that they often let ambiguity float. I don't like ambiguity, it's dangerous. I need distance. I also think that the result would prevent the audience from identifying to the characters. If you feel the things too strongly, you simply close the doors.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsPlayCharacterWould BeFallActorsLostFunResultsTalkingSituationAudienceDoorsDangerousDistanceFalling In LoveActressesHaving FunFloatsAmbiguityIdentifying Author:Olivier Martinez
“I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot of dangerous misconceptions about mental illness in our society, and I would like to be a part of remedying that - particularly the stigma that surrounds so many mental illnesses.” ThinkingHumansActorsDangerousBehaviorIllnessMental IllnessFascinatingOur SocietySurroundHuman BehaviorMisconceptionStigma Author:Laura Benanti
“My crew [on "Fitzcarraldo" filming] actually said, "We have filmed it from outside on the rocks of the shore. We should be on board [the ship]," and I said it's dangerous, I only do it if you cinematographer Thomas Mauch and you actor [Klaus] Kinski decide on your own.” IfsShouldSaidActorsRocksDangerousShipsBoardsShoreCrewCinematographers Author:Werner Herzog