“I worked for 20 directors as a production designer, most male. I was on the set to witness firsthand a range of sometimes atrocious emotions - well-documented firings, yellings, fights between directors and actors, hookers, abusive things, budget overages, lack of preparation. A man gets a standing ovation for crying because he's so sensitive, but a woman is shamed.” MenWellsSometimesFightingActorsEmotionCryDirectorsStandingMalesProductionsWitnessPreparationRangeBudgetsSensitiveDesignerYellingAbusiveFiringOvation Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“It's in the eyes, mostly. Don't listen just to the other actor's lines. Look at - and listen to - their eyes. That's where the emotion comes through.” LooksEyeActorsLinesEmotion Author:Charlize Theron
“For me, what makes great actors, always is how truthful they are to the character and the story and the emotion that they're trying to tell.” TryingCharacterStoriesActorsEmotionTruthfulGreat Actors Author:Billy Boyd
“It's always fun to do action and explosion, but I really enjoyed directing the emotion of the actors.” ActionActorsFunEmotionEnjoyedExplosions Author:Roel Reine
“As an actor in the classroom, you're revealing so much, and teachers are, you know, they're just critiquing like a painting or a piece of work; it's like, it's you, and it's your emotions that they're working with.” KnowsActorsEmotionTeacherPiecesPaintingWorking ItClassroomRevealing Author:James Franco
“I think there are probably a lot of actors like me who I think probably struggle to feel comfortable in their own lives, and acting in some ways provides a safe context for them to live out emotions that they possibly repress or live out experiences that they are not afforded by virtue of circumstance.” ThinkingWayFeelsActorsActingEmotionStruggleVirtueCircumstancesSafeComfortableLike Me Author:Jesse Eisenberg