“My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.” CharacterHappensChoicesActorsLevelsRolesWonderfulTvsProjectsTheaterSeriesFinancialObviousConsistentPaychecksTv Series Author:Jim Parsons
“I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as an artist and an actor. In that sense, it had to have helped me.” PeopleThinkingArtistActorsLevelsSpecialEastChicagoSensibilityCoastMidwestEast CoastConfluenceSpecial People Author:Daniel Sunjata
“There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have something steady.” NeedsMatterActorsLevelsStruggleNiceEmotionalNo Matter WhatSteadyStardomEmotional Strength Author:Sanaa Lathan
“Well, I'm not able to work anymore as an actor and still at the level I would want to ... you start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So, that's pretty much a closed book for me. And I'm grateful for the other things that have come into my life: grandkids, and restaurants and charity ... I've been doing it for 50 years. That's enough.” WantYearsWellsStillsBookEnoughAbleActorsLosesMemoriesLevelsGratefulCharityInventionRestaurantsOur MemoriesGrandkids Author:Paul Newman
“I like my films to have a certain amount of realism - something that's thought provoking and intelligently written. More than the amount on the pay cheque, I look for a level of respectability as an actor.” LooksFilmCertainActorsLevelsPayWrittenAmountThought ProvokingRealismProvokingRespectabilityCheques Author:Arjun Rampal
“[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors.” IfsActorsLevelsProducePlanetsGiantsGreat ActorsBrando Author:Al Pacino
“Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work is concerned, it is, I think, something that actors know about.” ThinkingKnowsFeelingsActorsLevelsActingJudgingCommunicationConcerned Author:Meryl Streep
“I read the script and I really liked it. It was high energy, crazy and it goes to any level to get people nuts and I thought Eve was an interesting character. At first I didn't get her, so it made me want to do the role because I wanted to dive in and see what she was about. On top of that I also wanted to work with Jason Statham because he's an amazing actor.” PeopleWantFirstsMadeCharacterWantedActorsEnergyInterestingLevelsRolesCrazyScriptsNutsJasonInteresting CharactersHigh Energy Author:Amy Smart
“To be an actor or actress, you have to feel on a deep level and tap into emotions that you've never felt before. You're imagining how something would feel. You have to use your imagination so much.” FeelsUseActorsFeltImaginationLevelsEmotionActresses Author:Elle Fanning
“When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I'd be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn't. I didn't get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I'd better train and then the parts would come.” AbleActorsLevelsTrainFinishedAuditions Author:Ben Whishaw
“I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to map out a strategic plan by saying, 'If I do that, that's going to get me to the next level.' I think that's the wrong way to go into movies as an actor. It doesn't happen for me that way.” IfsThinkingWayHardHappensNextActorsLevelsPlansThings HappenMapsCoincidenceStrategicWrong WayNext Level Author:Jason Statham
“Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that.” StillsWarEnoughActorsBitsAbilityLevelsDisciplineCombinationGreat Ones Author:Robin Williams
“The casting is the most important thing. If you cast a picture really well a lot of things take care of themselves. You get actors that like to give a lot to the role and who appreciate the role on the same level that you do. If you miscast it, you're working an uphill battle a little bit and maybe you can come out okay but you can't always come out great.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesImportantCareActorsBitsLevelsRolesBattleLittle BitAppreciateOkayImportant ThingsCastsTake CareCastingUphill Battles Author:Clint Eastwood
“I think part of what makes someone a great actor is being able to walk into a situation emotionally available and open, and have all your guards down, and just have that level of trust and security in yourself to know that you could walk out on that limb with someone else and be safe.” ThinkingKnowsAbleActorsWalksLevelsSituationSecuritySafeDown AndAvailableLimbsGreat Actors Author:Katie Aselton
“Custom developed digital weapons, cyber weapons nowadays typically chain together a number of zero-day exploits that are targeted against the specific site, the specific target that they want to hit. But it depends, this level of sophistication, on the budget and the quality of the actor who's instigating the attack. If it's a country that's less poor or less sophisticated, it'll be a less sophisticated attack.” IfsWantCountryTogetherActorsPoorLevelsNumbersQualityDependsWeaponsChainsBudgetsDigitalTargetCustomsZeroSophisticatedSiteExploitsSophisticationCyber Author:Edward Snowden
“I suppose actors crave attention of some kind or they have suffered some form of arrested development and are still living in a sort of child's fantasy existence at some level in their psyche.” KindChildrenStillsFormActorsLevelsExistenceAttentionFantasyDevelopmentCraveArrested Author:Hugh Laurie
“Exercise is an important element of being an actor, on any level.” ImportantActorsLevelsExerciseElements Author:Zachary Quinto
“The big thing for actors is the level of commitment. So, if you know something's already happened, there's not a whole lot of whys and hows that go down. You just innately commit 'cause it happened. It does help with commitment.” IfsKnowsDoeWholeHelpingBigsActorsCausesLevelsHappenedCommitmentCommitBig Things Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldWritingBookPlaySeemsBeautifulMovingSongNextActorsNaturalLevelsWrittenExpressionDistrustSuspiciousWriting A BookMisguidedNext LevelNatural ThingsBeautiful Love Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to the level I would like to be at. My focus is still 100% acting acting acting. Once I hit a point where I feel very comfortable as an actor - because you can never stop learning, I don't care how comfortable you get, you can never stop learning - but once I hit a point where I can get that comfort level of taking on the task of directing and having the confidence in myself to have people's respect when I give them direction, that's definitely something I want to do someday.” PeopleWayWantGivingFeelsLongStillsI CanCareActorsLevelsActingFocusComfortComfortableTasksDon't CareI Don't CareBeing The BestSomedayLong WayLong Way To GoNever Stop Learning Author:Sean Faris
“I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.” ThinkingBigsActorsTermChallengesLevelsStudiosBudgetsBig Challenges Author:Famke Janssen
“I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.” ActorsLevelsSkillsSatisfying Author:Laura Linney
“People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into the hopper. It's not like the actors are wind-up dolls that you push out onto the floor, play with, then put back in the box. You get people around you who you trust; the writer, the producer, the director and all the actors all contribute.” PeopleMadeIdeasDifferentPlayCertainActorsLevelsWindDirectorsBoxesProducersDollsDifferent Ideas Author:Richard Gere
“As an actor, I don't have any politics. As an actor, I'm driven more by an authentic - I would say an obsessive-compulsive-disorder level-fixation on mimicry, tonality of voice, to literally imitate something until I can just disappear into it.” I CanActorsVoiceLevelsDisappearDrivenDisorderObsessiveFixationMimicryObsessive CompulsiveObsessive Compulsive Disorder Author:Edward Norton
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.” ThinkingFilmFacesActorsDifferencesLevelsFictionWrittenYour FaceDocumentariesFacelifts Author:Pirjo Honkasalo