“The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.” LittlesHardDiesActorsBitsRolesLittle BitHardestHardest ThingFruition Author:Adrianne Palicki
“Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.” IfsHardFilmActorsDifficultCrew Author:Alan Parker
“Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films.” PeopleNeedsDifferentHardLightFilmActorsDifficultSupportPositionColorHollywoodGreenProducersAfrican AmericanFilmmakerRelyEtcCohesionAmerican FilmGreen Lights Author:Paula Patton
“It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's hard for me to shift gears.” WantRealHardActorsDifficultDirectorsTenGearsCollaborators Author:Jeanne Tripplehorn
“It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.” WantHardWantedActorsGroupsDisappearTraditionalChineseDancerUnfairWorking So Hard Author:Zhang Ziyi
“Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.” IfsHardJobsActors Author:Morgan Freeman
“Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.” WellsHardActorsIntelligentCommunicate Author:Omari Hardwick
“When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.” FeelsPersonsHardActorsProtectCriticismProtect Yourself Author:Jess Weixler
“You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.” WantFeelsTryingHardActorsWatchesToo MuchPositionCastsUnfortunateNeedyTrying Too Hard Author:Jess Weixler
“You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because you're not going to get to see them anymore.” KnowsWantHardCharacterDiesActorsLosesLike You Author:Michael Loceff
“I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.” HardStoriesFilmLife IsActorsCamerasThings In LifeFilmmakingHard ThingsGood Films Author:Matthew Vaughn
“I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.” ThinkingWellsHardActorsWatchesTheaterPainfulBad MoviesPainful Experiences Author:Zoe Kazan
“As an actor it's always easier to shave or cut your hair for a role, but it's hard to put fake hair on or grow hair for a role.” HardActorsGrowsRolesCuttingHairEasierFakeFacial Hair Author:Chris Pratt
“I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.” IfsKindMayPersonsHardTurnsActorsAdviceStudentsDirectorsFinalsExtrasFinal WordsWords Of Advice Author:Alan Alda
“It's hard to find actors that don't feel contemporary when you put them in a period piece.” FeelsHardActorsPiecesPeriodsContemporary Author:George Clooney
“When people are bothering you constantly when you're trying to do just a simple thing that humans do every day but they won't let you do it without bugging you about it, that was a hard thing. Because I became a movie star overnight. From a working actor and working writer to a movie star.” PeopleTryingHumansHardActorsStarsSimpleBotherMovie StarSimple ThingsHard ThingsBothering YouBugging You Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'” YearsSaidHardActorsHard WorkDirectorsI RealizedTake TimeAssistantsShortcuts Author:Emraan Hashmi
“I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.” HardActorsNaturalDirectorsGardenAthletePainterPorchNatural Gifts Author:Paul Newman
“The celebrity mill is so active these days that actors can make careers out of being themselves, and I don't know that I want to. I think I'm just figuring out how to make a career out of not being myself. It's hard.” ThinkingKnowsWantHardActorsCareersActiveThese DaysMillsBeing Myself Author:Liev Schreiber
“Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding.” SelfHardActorsToughFellowsChicago Author:Bill Murray
“Its very hard trying to talk to an actor about how they should deliver lines, or cut their hair, unless it comes from a place of a strong point of view.” ShouldTryingHardActorsStrongLinesViewsCuttingHairPoint Of View Author:Tony Scott
“Coming from Ireland, its quite hard to do a startup because youre culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, its much easier. Its the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood.” HardMovingActorsEasierAreasHollywoodActressesIrelandFar AwayBay Area Author:John Collison
“It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor.” WantMadeHardRunningFilmDiesActorsFantasyChildhoodThievesObscureMidnightBicycle Author:Ben Affleck
“I've been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that's not really there, but it wasn't hard with Halle because she's a great person and very beautiful, so it ain't a tough job at the end of the day.” PersonsEndsHardJobsBeautifulActorsEmotionToughThe End Of The DayScenariosVery BeautifulGreat Person Author:Benjamin Bratt
“You have a great road map when you play somebody that exists. That's the amazing thing. But then you have great limitations from that road map. It's hard to deviate from it creatively as an actor. It's like, "Oh wait, he'd never do that."” HardPlayActorsWaitingLimitationMapsAmazing ThingsDeviateRoad Maps Author:Jeremy Renner
“As an actor, doing it for 30 years, with every movie, you're trying to figure out a way to make it more naturalistic and more organic to humanity. When you have lines like, "Never let the monster out," it's hard.” WayTryingYearsHardHumanityActorsLinesFiguresMonsters Author:Josh Brolin
“I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.” ThinkingHardActorsFunActingHard Work Author:Bob Odenkirk
“It's not uncommon to hear people say that the re-entry into their lives is very hard. A lot of actors say that the hardest thing about working is not working, because you go from one of the most structured environments in the world to a place of no structure. Maybe that's why you see someone go from movie to movie to movie.” PeopleWorldHardLife IsActorsEnvironmentStructureHardestHardest ThingEntryUncommonRe Entry Author:Jason Schwartzman
“If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff - it would be too much.” IfsThinkingLongHardWould BeActorsStuffTermToo MuchBalancePartnersLong TermStrainMortgage Author:Rory McCann
“It's such a stressful environment, I find, being an actor, being put in the chair and "Touch this, that, and the other," it's too much for me. I find it hard to tolerate that sort of stuff. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. You're wasting everyone's time.” IfsHardActorsStuffEnjoyEnvironmentToo MuchChairsTolerateStressful Author:Paddy Considine