“I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongIdeasNextActorsKnowingConditionsInsecurityStabilityNot KnowingGoing To WorkContinuity Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.” HappensActorsKnowingPositionThings HappenNot Knowing Author:Wayne Rogers
“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.” ThinkingPlaySchoolFilmActorsFunTermKnowingDirectorsCommunicateScrewsFilm School Author:Josh Radnor
“Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed or any of that. I was so wet behind the ears, I didn't know anything. It's, like, you're watching movies, and then here you are in front of those people and working with them. It was pretty interesting.” PeopleKnowsActorsInterestingBehindsKnowingFrontsLike YouEarsWetNot KnowingMagnitudeGreat Actors Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I dont think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones arent. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsEndsWould BeFilmTurnsActorsKnowingWonderfulParticularSkillsProjectsScriptsLuxuryTomsCruiseGreat Film Author:Jonny Lee Miller
“So the question never comes up. I love to work with actors who I feel really confident in knowing what I'm going to get from them. And making a movie is such a risk that it's comforting to build up a good support team in production as well as cast.” FeelsWellsActorsSupportKnowingRiskTeamCastsCome UpProductionsComforting Author:Len Wiseman
“I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.” ThinkingWaySelfPlayWantedUsedArtistActorsKnowingTakenTalentComfortableSexualityCracksDisguiseDiminishThespiansTrotting Author:Halle Berry
“I totally agree. I hate knowing too much when I'm going to the cinema and watching as a viewer. I don't want to know that the actor has just gone through a divorce. I don't want to know that the person is an alcoholic. It just gets in the way of my pleasure of watching the character on the screen.” KnowsWayWantPersonsCharacterHateActorsPleasureGoneKnowingToo MuchI HateAgreeDivorceScreensCinemaViewersAlcoholicsKnowing Too Much Author:Keira Knightley
“I never actually do rehearsals. That's one of the reasons that I write those bios and if I can meet with the actors I'll meet them or talk to them on the phone. What I want is for them to come on set knowing their lines and knowing who the character is.” IfsWantWritingI CanReasonCharacterActorsLinesKnowingPhonesRehearsalBios Author:John Sayles
“That's the best thing about being an actor. If you're in a baseball movie, you walk away knowing way more about baseball, or if you're in a sci-fi film, you learn way more about Comic-Con, and so I loved all that.” IfsWayFilmActorsWalksKnowingBaseballComicBest ThingsSci FiComic ConSci Fi Film Author:Topher Grace
“I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I'm going to play it. That's about it.” ThinkingPlayActorsKnowing Author:Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
“I've had lots of good career advice over the years. I've learned that you must always arrive knowing your lines, you must hit your marks, you must be punctual and cheerful and kind. I'm always irritated with young people who misbehave and young actors who are temperamental. I don't think there's any need for it.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsKindYoungActorsLinesCareersKnowingAdviceMarkI've LearnedCheerfulIrritatedCareer AdviceYoung ActorsPunctual Author:Jacki Weaver
“As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.” WantGivingFeelsActorsKnowingGive MeMark Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and anxiety of not knowing what's happening.” CharacterActorsKnowingAnxietyHappeningsScriptsTensionNot Knowing Author:Matthew Davis
“To be honest, I would have to say that there was a certain burden in working with Arnold, a big action star. I am aware that Arnold is loved by the American audience, but rather than focusing on working with Arnold, what I focused on was expressing the character, Sheriff Owens, through Arnold the actor and knowing that Arnold and my idea about Sheriff Owens coincided and that it was about Owens protecting a certain value and justice, I focused more on that aspect that helped me to be more comfortable in working with Arnold.” IdeasCharacterBigsActionCertainValuesActorsStarsJusticeAudienceKnowingHonestComfortableAspectBurdenFocusedBeing HonestSheriffs Author:Kim Jee-woon
“I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.” ThinkingJobsNextActorsKnowingPiecesTelevisionVarietySteadyNot KnowingAdrenaline Author:Lauren Graham
“The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.” KnowsIdeasWantedActorsKnowingSceneDirectorsHotSeriesEpisodesVery HappyFbiAssistantsSkinner Author:David Duchovny
“Knowing what thought process goes into constructing a line helps an actor know how to deliver that line because you understand the intention behind the writing.” KnowsWritingHelpingActorsProcessLinesBehindsKnow HowKnowingIntentionThought Process Author:David Henrie
“I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.” PeopleIfsThinkingSelfJobsUsedActorsCan DoKnowingFrontsSpeechConsciousAskingCamerasNervesFuneralSelf ConsciousEulogy Author:Eddie Marsan
“If someone says 'Give me one word of advice,' I say 'be fearless.' And knowing without any shadow of a doubt that what they have to give - who they are - is totally unique and not shared by anybody else. And to believe in that uniqueness. It took me decades before I developed courage as an actor.” IfsGivingBelieveActorsKnowingDoubtAdviceUniqueShadowGive MeDecadesFearlessUniquenessOne WordWords Of Advice Author:Patrick Stewart
“Alan Rickman was such a terrific actor, and that was such a terrific character that he played. And it was a joy to be with him. We used to laugh together because we ran out of reaction shots. They were always - when everything had been done and the children were finished, they would turn the camera around and we'd have to do various reaction shots of amazement or sadness and things. We used to say we'd got to about number 200-and-something and we'd run out of knowing what to do when the camera came around on us. But he was a joy.” ChildrenDoneCharacterRunningTogetherUsedJoyTurnsActorsNumbersLaughingKnowingSadnessShotsCamerasVariousFinishedReactionsRanTerrificAmazementKnowing What To Do Author:Maggie Smith
“Very quickly I realized that directing is a combination of things: It's visual, it's directing the actors, it's telling a story. And people don't always mention this part of directing, but it's also knowing how to really edit something into something that makes sense.” PeopleStoriesActorsKnowingI RealizedCombinationMake SenseVisualsEdits Author:Julie Delpy
“Every day the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] would come up with some amazing solution and [make it easy] to put yourself in their hands. There's something really lovely about knowing you're working with directors who know exactly what they want and exactly what they're looking for, and they're not going to move on until they have it. That, as an actor, frees you up a lot because you can [try different approaches] and they'll only use what's appropriate.” KnowsWantTryingDifferentUseHandsMovingActorsEasyKnowingDirectorsApproachSolutionsCome UpLovelyAppropriateDifferent Approach Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, "It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad."” KnowsCareFacesActorsKnowingAdvantageScreensWitNot HappyLiability Author:William H. Macy
“Whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man - whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyse the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.” ThinkingKnowsMenHas BeensArtActorsFoundSimpleKnowingImagineIgnoranceHigherMetsCreaturesDegreesAll ThingsImitationDeceivedWizardsAccuracyKnowledge And Ignorance Author:Socrates