“I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.” GivingActorsStepsMarkCamerasBlockPrecise Author:Jose Padilha
“It [RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE] has definitely been the biggest learning curve for me. As an actor, whenever I start on a movie, different things that I perform in ask for different skill sets. And this one is definitely the technological side of it. You have to hit your mark. You can't weave back and forth because your nose is jutting at you in 3-D. It's really been learning how to do that and also it's exciting to be on the forefront of this technology.” DifferentEvilActorsAsksSidesTechnologySkillsExcitingMarkNosesDifferent ThingsAfterlifeTechnologicalCurvesBack And ForthResidentsLearning CurveResident Evil Author:Ali Larter
“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.” GivingSaidAmericaActorsBeliefStrongAnswersShotsIndiaMarkAll TimeGood ActorsGreat Actors Author:Aamir Khan
“The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter.” ArtActorsActingGeniusMarkPainterConcealment Author:Francois Delsarte
“T.V.s weird because its both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.” ActorsProcessStageMarkGigsQuestion Mark Author:Caitlin Fitzgerald
“Mark Twain was so good with crowds that he became, in competition with singers and dancers and actors and acrobats, one of the most popular performers of his time. It is so unusual, and so psychologically unlikely, too, for a great writer to be a great performer, too.” WritingActorsMarkCompetitionCrowdsSingersDancerPerformersUnusualUnlikelyGreat Writers Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the marks, the lights, etc. What's hard to do is to suspend your own feelings of self consciousness. The natural actors can do that; they can become part of a characterization and learn how to maintain it.” SelfHardFeelingsLightActorsCan DoNaturalConsciousnessFiguresMarkPhysicsEtcAfternoonSelf ConsciousnessCharacterization Author:Tom Hanks
“What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark, you know how to embody a swagger. But sitting down and looking across the table at another actor and being able to go to battle on screen is nothing to do with singing or dancing.” KnowsBodyAbleActorsKnow HowBattleComfortableSingingSittingMarkDown AndTablesDancingScreensBlockSitting DownSwagger Author:Columbus Short
“I insist that they do what they became actors to do. I want them to create something and not just hit marks and say words. So they all love that because they're playing. It's called playacting. Their contributions are not only welcomed, but are accepted and used.” WantUsedActorsMarkAcceptedContribution Author:Robert Altman
“I come down as an actor and my marks are already laid out on the floor - somebody else organized what I'm going to do. I think, why am I here? And why I'm here is to express the words with some sort of vague emotion and make them seem real. I wanted to go back to how it was before.” ThinkingRealSeemsWantedActorsEmotionMarkOrganizedVague Author:Paul Bettany
“An actor has so much less space and responsibility. Sometimes you come on, and there are already tape marks for where you are supposed to stand, and the dialogue is already decided on. If you want to make a change and contribute something, it has to be approved by a number of people.” PeopleIfsWantSometimesActorsSpaceNumbersResponsibilityDecidedMarkDialogueWhere You AreTapeMaking ChangesApproved Author:Paul Bettany
“I find it very invigorating having Ken Lonergan, who's an established, Pulitzer-nominated playwright doing Howards End, or Chris Hampton who's won an Oscar writing a TV series, or having an actor like Mark Rylance, who is probably England's leading theater actor, in the lead in Wolf Hall.” WritingEndsActorsTvsMarkEnglandTheaterSeriesHallsOscarsPlaywrightLead InTv SeriesInvigoratingHowards EndHamptons Author:Colin Callender
“I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit that mark, are doing 50 percent of your work for you. So, you know, it's a balance. When you walk into a mark and you're lit a certain way or something's happening so often you don't know what's behind you... And that's what's so strange about being a movie actor.” PeopleKnowsWayCertainActorsSidesWalksBehindsStrangeBalanceHappeningsPercentOppositesMarkCamerasProfoundLitBehind YouMovie Actors Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“King Arthur is profoundly stupid and inept.. then there's Clive Owen, rising above it all. Aloof yet watchful, the actor cultivates an inner stillness that is perfect for faintly ironic brooders. He neither distances himself from this risible material nor pulls out the stops and opens himself to ridicule. His King Arthur tells us little about Arthur, but much about protecting one's flank. The mark of a box-office king?” LittlesActorsPerfectStupidMaterialsKingsOfficeMarkDistanceBoxesRisingIronicStillnessRidiculeRise AboveArthurBox OfficeAloofKing Arthur Author:David Edelstein
“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
“You know I grew up on the Batman movies, and they had some terrific actors in, but you know a lot of the other ones - it wasn't always the case that you had people the caliber of Jeff Bridges or Robert Downey, so to kind of show up and work with Jeremy Renner or Robert or with Mark Ruffalo, any of them, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, the caliber of people you're acting with, to me, is really fun. From the first day I started doing scenes with Robert, it's been one of the funnest experiences I've ever had.” PeopleKnowsFirstsKindShowsActorsFunActingCasesGrewSceneGrew UpMarkBridgesTerrificCaliberBatman MovieRobert Downey Author:Clark Gregg
“You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.” IfsKnowsLooksFilmActorsActingOne ThingShotsMarkRight PlaceFilm Acting Author:Michael Caine
“As an actor, there was that freedom of not having to worry about lights or marks or other people. It was just going out there and having fun with the character.” PeopleCharacterLightActorsFunWorryMarkHaving FunGoing Out Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than that.” ActorsActingPleaseMarkIphoneEloquentShortcutsChanneling Author:Hal Holbrook
“There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true.” KnowsDoeIdeasSelfCertainNextActorsNamesCausesBoysMissingMarkBeing TrueMatesFrankUp And DownBad IdeasRubiesHilarity Author:Alan Rickman
“Seeing babies and little children smile or even just be inquisitive about a bottle cap isnpires me. Watching a great performance, particularly live or in the moment. My favorite actor at the moment is the three-time Tony Award-winning Mark Rylance. Makes me work to be better.” ChildrenLittlesMomentsThreeActorsWinningSeeingBabyPerformancesMarkMy FavoriteAwardsBottlesThree TimesCapsInquisitiveGreat PerformanceAward Winning Author:Graham Shiels
“I'd prefer not to act in the film I'm directing. I think, though, as an actor, you do learn how to turn things on and off quickly and kind of compartmentalize. You learn to accommodate the camera and the other actors, to notice where the boom is and where you mark is, and be able to repeat something a few times.” ThinkingKindAbleFilmTurnsActorsMarkCamerasRepeatsAccommodateAnd Off Author:Jodie Foster
“There's such a grand fraternity of actors who've played the Joker, not the least of whom is Mark Hamill, who voiced it for so long and was so great. I did it one time and... I've gotten some feedback on it from people who've seen it and really enjoyed it, but I don't know.” PeopleKnowsLongActorsMarkEnjoyedOne TimeFeedbackFraternity Author:Brent Spiner
“The difference between me and Tiny Lister is that he has never been the greatest actor, he hasn't been able to do a lot of big talking parts in movies, or even... he kind of has one emotion. He never looks at his career as an obstacle, he only looks at the positives. He's done... he knows, he has an opportunity. I mean, you see in a script, "Tiny Lister" type, you know you've made your mark. I mean on Friday After Next, that's what everyone expected me to be the new Tiny because it was that sort of part to fill that role, but if you look at the movie, there was a lot more there.” IfsKnowsLooksKindMeanMadeDoneBigsAbleNextActorsOpportunityDifferencesEmotionTalkingCareersRolesTypeMarkScriptsObstaclesExpectedTinyFriday Author:Terry Crews
“I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.” Has BeensWholeUsedActorsProcessJokesMarkInstinctHittingClicksTrust Your Instincts Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment” PeopleWellsActorsDealsPeriodsMarkEmploymentUnemploymentGreat Actors Author:Claudia Black
“Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.” HumansCharacterHelpingAgeFacesActorsLinesPlayerPositionHairPersonalityConcernedMarkWineRoundsGrayAssetsHuman ExperienceGood And BadCharacter ActorsIdiosyncrasiesGood WineGray Hair Author:Strother Martin
“I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?” IfsNeedsLooksActorsMarkCameras Author:Debbie Allen