“As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.” I CanStoriesBigsActorsSeriousDramaDirectorsActressesThemeStory Of My Life Author:Jodie Foster
“My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.” ThinkingMomBecomingDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomActressesProducersDancer Author:Sanaa Lathan
“Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.” ImportantStoriesAbleLinesDirectorsDrawsActresses Author:Sheryl Lee
“I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier for a director to be out. The public is not going to see a movie because the director is gay or straight. It's maybe a little harder for an actor or actress because of, you know, the love roles and stuff. But gay people have been impersonating heteros in the movies for years. So, hopefully, that is becoming less of an issue. I think it would have been really great if a gay person had played a gay person. That's brave!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsShouldYearsLittlesPersonsHas BeensActorsStuffRolesIssuesBecomingEasierGayDirectorsHarderBraveActressesHopefullyReally GreatPersonal LifeGay PeopleBecause Of You Author:John Waters
“As a director, I get to have a much broader creative expression than as an actress.” CreativeExpressionDirectorsActressesCreative Expression Author:Mary Stuart Masterson
“I'm not going to pursue it the way that actors pursue it which means going to all of the auditions and getting a job and all that stuff, because I don't really need to get a job because I have a job as a writer/director. That's how I make my living mostly now. So I don't need to make a living as an actress.” WayNeedsMeanJobsActorsStuffDirectorsActressesPursueAuditions Author:Julie Delpy
“Frankly speaking, I hate comparisons. Two individuals are doing two different films, playing two different characters: how can you compare them? It is not fair to get into ratings. It really doesn't matter what I think about other actresses; what matters is what the directors think of them when they are casting them in a project, because I think it's the director who's behind a successful piece of cinema.” ThinkingTwoDifferentMatterCharacterFilmHateIndividualBehindsSuccessfulPiecesDirectorsProjectsFairsI HateActressesCompareCinemaComparisonWhat MattersCastingRatingNot FairDifferent Characters Author:Katrina Kaif
“I love the variety of films. In theater, you go into a room and the director runs the room, so you all work to his or her method. On film, if an actor or an actress is in for a day or two, the director has to get out of that actor what they need, so they have to change and adapt to that actor's technique.” IfsNeedsTwoRunningFilmActorsRoomsDirectorsTheaterMethodActressesTechniqueVariety Author:Eddie Redmayne
“[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.” SidesTerribleDirectorsActressesCoinsPrivate LifeUpside DownRogerInsulted Author:Brigitte Bardot
“When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's a self-indulgent exercise. It's the way I make my music. And when I'm acting, I get to leave myself behind, which is a relief. I get to collaborate with a director; I respect the director's medium and all the actors and actresses. So at the end of the day, it's about a character and it's about a director's vision. It's a really good balance for being so intense and alone in my personal process of making music.” WayWritingDifferentEndsSelfPlayCharacterActorsProcessActingBehindsVisionProduceBalanceExerciseDirectorsInstrumentsStudiosActressesIntenseMediumsReliefThe End Of The DaySelf IndulgentActors And Actresses Author:Lenny Kravitz
“We knew, very early on, that we had to be very, very clear that directors need to speak to actors and actresses and be very clear about what is expected, and find out whether they're comfortable with that. Wardrobe has to be in place. There have to be checks.” NeedsActorsSpeakClearDirectorsComfortableActressesExpectedChecksWardrobeActors And Actresses Author:Michael Sheen
“I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope the same thing for myself as a director, one day. I want to make things that have an impact on how we look at the world.” WorldWantLooksRolesOne DayDirectorsImpactActressesMeaningfulFulfilled Author:Amandla Stenberg
“I didn't want to be around anybody because it was just too much for my brain. But, as an actress, you hope you get those meaty roles that push you into the extremities of that psychology. I like doing independent films because there's more room for you to be creative, and the director allowed me to just go wherever I needed to go. It was emotional. I had to cry a lot.” WantFilmRoomsBrainRolesCreativePsychologyToo MuchCryEmotionalNeededDirectorsIndependentActressesBe CreativeIndependent FilmExtremity Author:Tinsel Korey
“What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don't like that quality in a woman. But I'll do it when the film is very close to me.” FilmQualityDirectorsActressesProducersFeminineMasculineManly Author:Bai Ling
“I've worked with acting coaches, I've been going out on auditions and meeting with casting directors. But I'm not known as an actress.” ActingKnownDirectorsMeetingsActressesCoachesGoing OutAuditionsCastingCasting Directors Author:Cassie Ventura
“My father was a director, and he used to always tell me, "You should be an actress." When I was 17, he gave me a job so that I'd be in the union.” ShouldJobsUsedFatherDirectorsUnionsActresses Author:Katey Sagal