“I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.” FeelingsFallActorsProcessStriveAuthenticity Author:Juliet Stevenson
“Being an actor, when you sign onto a project - whether it's good, bad, or indifferent - you kind of fall in love with it. You fall in love with the experience, you fall in love with the memories.” KindFallActorsMemoriesProjectsFalling In LoveIndifferent Author:Matthew Lillard
“I've played English a number of times, and used an English accent a number of times, so it becomes a little bit of an obstacle course to go, "Oh, that's teetering into Captain Jack-ville," or "This is teetering into Chocolat or Wonka." You've got to really pay attention to the places you've been. But, that's part of it. That's the great challenge. You may get it wrong. There's a very good possibility that you can fall flat on your face, but that's a healthy thing for an actor.” MayLittlesFacesUsedFallCoursesActorsBitsChallengesNumbersPayAttentionPossibilityHealthyLittle BitVery GoodObstaclesPay AttentionFlatsYour FaceAccentsCaptainsCaptain Jack Author:Johnny Depp
“I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'” IfsMenLooksSaidHappensWantedFallActorsCareersTeacherTeachingDegreesHeyLook At MeFall BackAlbertaEdmonton Author:Nathan Fillion
“I stopped acting when I was about nineteen, twenty, when I got thrown out of college. I did act for about ten years. I don't know. I suspect I'm still a reasonably good actor, but I don't really know that I want to get on the stage again ... and having to say all those boring words by me over and over again ... I don't know if I want to do that. Also, I like a certain amount of freedom of movement, and if you're acting, you're stuck in one place for a long time. Having said that, I will probably be onstage next fall.” IfsKnowsWantYearsLongSaidStillsCertainFallNextActorsActingStageMovementCollegeAmountTenLong TimeTwentiesBoringStuckThrownSuspectsGood ActorsNineteen Book:Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee Source: Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee
“The actor's tense, he's being taped and things are not falling naturally. That's what I hate about Boadway. I feel like I'm giving a whole lot for nothing. I like to capture things and hold them there and share them with the whole world.” WorldGivingFeelsWholeHateFallActorsShareI HateWhole WorldCaptureTense Author:Michael Jackson
“Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.” PeopleThinkingImportantSelfFallActorsHurtImportanceColossalSelf-importance Author:Julia Sawalha
“Show business is like riding a bicycle - when you fall off, the best thing to do is get up, brush yourself off and get back on again.” ShowsFallActorsGet UpBest ThingsThings To DoGet BackRidingBrushesShow BusinessBicycleRiding A Bicycle Book:It's Always Something Source: It's Always Something
“If you can't fail then how can you possible develop as a communicator or as a creator of anything? We are locked into a deeply unhealthy notion that somehow you've got to succeed all the time. An appalling notion. Any painter or writer will tell you that that is no way to proceed. One of the things that will kill off a decent actor, especially a young actor early on and they will never recover from it, is too much success. It's disastrous. You stop being criticized, therefore you stop challenging yourself. You then can't afford to fail because there's too far to fall.” IfsWayYoungArtistFallActorsChallengesToo MuchFailingSucceedNotionCreatorPainterDecentLockedSuccess And FailureUnhealthyYoung ActorsCommunicatorsChallenge Yourself Author:Emma Thompson
“other artists - poets, painters, sculptors, musicians - produce something which lives after them and enshrines their memories in positive evidences of their divine mission; but we, - we strut and fret our hour upon the stage, and then the curtain falls and all is darkness and silence.” ArtistFallActorsHoursMemoriesSilenceDarknessStageProduceDivinePoetMusicianEvidenceTheaterMissionsPainterCurtainsSculptors Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman
“It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's really funny, and I'll get, like, a million views. But to the right of me, there will be a video of a kitten that falls into a toilet bowl, and it's three seconds long, and it will get 25 million views.” WritingLongFilmFallThreeActorsStuffViewsMillionsVideoSecondsBowlsToiletsKittenGood ActorsShort Films Author:Ben Schwartz
“For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.” IfsFallActorsStarsGoalLandCloudsFocusedStay Focused Author:Ryan Guzman
“To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film and not have a film to fall by the wayside, to have something live on during the years, and one of those elements is the commitment the actors have to their performance.” NeedsYearsDifferentPlayFilmFallActorsElementsCommitmentPerformancesCombinationMemorableDifferent Things Author:Edward Zwick
“I chose the actors that I was in love with. I cannot work with people that I don't personally like a lot. They can be the best actor in the world, but if the first contact is not good, if I don't fall in love with them, then I don't want to work with them. It's impossible.” PeopleIfsWorldWantFirstsFallActorsImpossibleFalling In LoveContactBeing The BestFirst ContactDon't Fall In Love Author:Marjane Satrapi
“If the actor points a fake gun and pulls the trigger, and you have to fall to your knees, you really do have to sell it. Otherwise, it takes the viewer out of the moment.” IfsMomentsFallActorsGunSellsKneesFakeViewersTriggers Author:Gregory Nicotero
“I worked as an actor for a few years before anything happened, so I'm used to going up for auditions, and then not getting the role. But sometimes I don't read the book of the film, in case I just totally fall in love with it, and then it just becomes an obsession and you want to do it so much because you've completely fallen in love with the story and the characters. And then, if the part doesn't go your way, it's heartbreaking. So, there's a certain amount of distance you have to keep before you can throw yourself in 100%.” IfsWayWantYearsBookSometimesCharacterStoriesFilmUsedCertainFallActorsRolesCasesHappenedAmountDistanceFalling In LoveObsessionFallenAuditionsHeartbreaking Author:Jim Sturgess