“I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.” ThinkingActorsFunNormal Author:Lucas Neff
“When you think about it, we actors are kind of prostitutes. We get paid to feign attraction and love. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone, doing things people in a normal monogamous relationship would never do with anyone who's not their partner. It's really kind of gross.” PeopleThinkingKindActorsWatchesKissingNormalAnd LovePaidAttractionPartnersTouchingGrossAttraction And LoveKissing SomeoneMonogamous Relationship Author:Megan Fox
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like this interview, spend time away from home and hang around with other actors. It's inevitable that you're not going to have a so-called normal childhood.” HomeSeemsActorsGrowsGrowing UpChildhoodNormalFasterInevitableInterviewsEnd TimesSpend TimeClicheAway From HomeTime Away Author:Matt Dillon
“You act like a normal human being and you treat them [actors around] like a buddy because you're all working together. It's no different than being Governor. You put a team together and say, "Guys, we all want to shine here. We all want to show that this administration is going to do things that other administrations have thought was impossible. Let's kick some ass together."” WantHumansDifferentShowsTogetherGuyActorsHuman BeingsImpossibleTeamNormalTreatsShiningAssAdministrationKicksWorking TogetherGovernorsBuddy Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“People need to understand. If they go to a show on Broadway and find seventy people working but only fifty spectators, how much would the ticket cost? That's what El Bulli's about. There are seventy actors who are playing for just fifty spectators. Is the price expensive? It's relative. How much does a normal dinner at a five-star hotel restaurant cost? Four hundred dollars. It's the same as El Bulli. But you can also think of it this way: How much would it cost to eat something that nobody else is eating?” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsDoeShowsActorsStarsFiveFourCostNormalEatingHundredDollarsDinnerRestaurantsExpensiveFiftyHotelRelativeTicketsSeventiesBroadwaySpectators Author:Ferran Adria
“In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.” IfsWellsI CanActorsNormalTheatreAnxiousNormal Life Author:Anna Chancellor
“I live a very privileged life, obviously. I'm an accomplished actor, I have a very solid normal family, tons of siblings, and a mother that loves me.” MotherActorsNormalAccomplishedPrivilegedSiblingNormal FamilyPrivileged Life Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Having a mood disorder is not synonymous with having artistic talent, but it is true that people in the so-called creative professions-writers, actors, artists, musicians-have a higher than normal incidence of such illnesses, and there are also a disproportionate number of alcoholics in these fields whose drinking may be an attempt to medicate the anxiety of depression.” PeopleMayArtistActorsNumbersCreativeTalentFieldsHigherDepressionNormalAnxietyMusicianDrinkingIllnessProfessionMoodMental IllnessArtisticDisorderAlcoholicsIncidenceArtistic TalentMood Disorders Author:Tracy Thompson
“I really love young Tom Hanks. He's just one of my favorites. He's a great, quirky every-man. I also love Zach Braff. I really love actors that are quirky and interesting, that sort of try to portray 'normal' people.” PeopleMenTryingYoungActorsInterestingLove YouNormalEvery ManJust OneTomsQuirky Author:Jake Epstein
“Most actors don't know what they're going to do next, so you get into this thing where you have to force yourself to have another life outside of acting. And then, as soon as you start something in this sort of normal life that you're trying to live, you get a job. So you have this constant struggle because you want to be able to commit to things and to finish things in your life, but then you also want to be able to act.” KnowsWantTryingAbleJobsNextActorsForceActingStruggleNormalConstantCommitNormal LifeAnother LifeConstant Struggle Author:Winona Ryder
“I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that I do with my dad. He teaches me acting, and I think maybe without him it would be pretty hard. I started acting for fun, really, because my dad's an actor and my sister's an actor, so I started doing it and it was normal. But it got places really fast, and I started doing feature film auditions and stuff.” IfsThinkingHardWould BeFilmActorsFunStuffActingTeachInspireDadNormalMy DadFeaturesMy SisterAuditions Author:Kodi Smit-McPhee
“It's weird that you have to work really, really hard just to be real or normal. Everybody's got their different techniques, but what makes a really good actor is somebody who's really believable.” DifferentRealHardActorsNormalTechniqueBeing RealGood ActorsBelievable Author:Scoot McNairy
“Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.” PeopleBigsActorsTalentNormalIncrediblesRealisingGreat Experiences Author:Tom Felton
“It's not that demanding. It's fun. That's one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don't get to learn. Going through hallways where it's basically like S.W.A.T. tactical stuff. Around hallways, how to cross, how to signal everyone. Then how to hold a gun, holster the gun - everything.” PeopleActorsFunStuffNormalGunCrossesGreat ThingsSignalsHallwaysTactical Author:Jason Momoa
“On set, I like to be treated just like a normal adult actor. We all put as much time and effort into our craft as adults, and maybe even more because we have school to do and a lot of things to figure out.” SchoolActorsEffortFiguresNormalAdultsTreatedCrafts Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.” ActorsBandNormalComedianGoing Away Author:Pauly Shore
“Kevin Bacon and I recently worked on a move together, R.I.P.D. Just before we'd begin a scene, when all of us would feel the normal anxiety that actors feel be- fore they start to perform, Kevin would look at me and the other actors with a very serious expression on his face and say: "Remember, everything depends on this!" It would make us all laugh. On the one hand, it's not true of course, but on the other, everything does depend on this, on just this moment and our attitude toward this moment.” FeelsLooksDoeMomentsHandsTogetherRememberFacesMovingCoursesActorsAttitudeLaughingSeriousExpressionDependsSceneNormalAnxietyLook At MeKevinRemembers Everything Author:Jeff Bridges
“I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal guy. My God, he was just so real and cool and relaxed and fun. And he was a great performer. He's such an actor. He really was so focused on every moment. It was great.” RealMomentsGuyThreeActorsFunHeavenNormalTablesFocusedSpendingPerformersRelaxedNicholson Author:Peter Jacobson
“It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. I mean, that's not normal.” MeanMomentsActorsHurtNormalRare Moments Author:Katee Sackhoff
“It's hard for comic actors used to pulling faces just to be on screen, but Tina Fey does a good job. I liked watching her. The part, though, isn't filled in. When Baker announces that she's gotten too used to the madness of Afghanistan, that she's worried she's thinking of it as normal, the sentiment comes out of nowhere. The dramatic arc in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is nonexistent. The movie evaporates in the mind like water in the Afghan desert.” ThinkingMindDoeHardJobsFacesUsedActorsWaterNormalMadnessFilledScreensComicDesertWorriedDramaticSentimentsAfghanistanPullingGood JobWhiskeyArcsBakersTangoAfghanFeyFilled In Author:David Edelstein
“I want people to know that movie stars live a normal, middle-class life.” PeopleKnowsWantActorsStarsClassMiddleNormalMovieMiddle ClassMovie StarMiddle Class Life Author:Shahrukh Khan
“I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this other mistress that is their career. I very much like the traditional courtship method of making a date. That's what they do in normal places, but Hollywood's not normal.” PeoplePersonsEndsActorsEasyCareersNormalMarriedHollywoodMethodWideTraditionalMistressGetting MarriedCourtship Author:Seth MacFarlane
“I lost 90 pounds and my blood pressure went down to a normal level and the salt in my urine disappeared. And that was when I had to make the transition from fat character actor to thin character actor.” CharacterActorsLostLevelsBloodNormalPressureFatsPoundsTransitionSaltCharacter ActorsBlood Pressure Author:Ron Perlman
“Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade.” PeopleActorsNormalWeaknessToolsTradeInsecurity Author:Miranda Richardson
“Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.” LawActorsAsksDifficultNaturalSimpleStageDemandNormalLawyerNatural LawTheatre Acting Book:Building A Character Source: Building A Character