“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.” IfsFirstsTwoActorsSceneOkayTreatsCamerasRehearsal Author:Alfred Molina
“When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, "I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man."” MenWorldSaidDoneEnoughPlayActorsGayOkayMalesSecureManhoodGay MenSaid And Done Author:Omari Hardwick
“Shows have asked a lot of actors to take cuts. Shows are going off the air. So okay, life goes on.” ShowsActorsCuttingAirGoes OnOkayLife Goes On Author:Austin Peck
“To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that its never done; its never perfect, and so its the process. Its like practicing being okay with things not being perfect and things being outside of your control.” DoneActorsProcessPerfectOkayThings I LoveNot Being PerfectBeing Okay Author:Kerry Bishe
“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
“Actually I want to scare away method actors because it's a pain. It's like, 'Come on, what are you doing? It's not real. What are you doing? Oh, you're really brooding. Okay, good. Go to your trailer. I'll see you in an hour.'” WantRealPainActorsHoursOkayMethodScareTrailersBrooding Author:Natalie Portman
“To me, Fight Club was a comedy. When [David] Fincher sent me the book and I read it, the first thing I asked him was, "This is a comedy, right?" he said, "Yeah, that's the whole point," and I said, "Okay, I'm in." I certainly wasn't imagining myself as a dramatic actor when I was running around in my underwear in that film.” FirstsSaidBookWholeRunningFilmFightingActorsComedyOkayYeahClubsDramaticUnderwear Author:Edward Norton
“I went out to Bali, and I cast all of these supporting roles. I love that stuff. I just love actors. And then, Ryan Murphy asked me to direct second unit for him on Eat Pray Love. I was already booked on something else, but I joined them later. And then, I wrote him a thank you email and I got no response. I was like, "Okay, that's it." We didn't interact much on set either.” ActorsStuffRolesPrayingDirectOkayResponseCastsUnitsEmailMurphyPray LoveBaliEat Love PraySupporting RolesNo Response Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“Hopping around time in a non-linear storytelling fashion (on 'Lost') allows you to bring back characters who are dead and, in some cases, buried. Now that time travel is the story itself, it opens up even more doors. So when an actor reads that they're getting killed off on the show, they're basically, like, 'Okay, but should I still bother to show up next week?'” ShouldStillsCharacterStoriesShowsNextActorsLostCasesDoorsWeekFashionOkayStorytellingBotherBuriedTime TravelShould ILinearNext WeekHopping Author:Damon Lindelof
“I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.” NeedsLittlesSometimesKidsActorsActingToo MuchSceneOkaySimplicityRemindersClimax Author:Hugh Jackman
“Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going to be standing here, the other person is going to be standing here, and you're going to move to there and then do the scene." That doesn't help actors.” PersonsHelpingMovingActorsWalksSceneDirectorsStandingOkay Author:Eric Balfour
“We [actors] are so lucky to do jobs that fulfill us and make us happy. We don't go to work thinking okay, we're working to put food in the fridge. We are doing that too, but we're working because we love what we do.” ThinkingJobsActorsLuckyOkaySo LuckyFridges Author:Vanessa Paradis
“Honestly, it's the luck of the draw. If you are comfortable with the actor that you're opposite of - it just breaks down a lot of those insecurities and you can just say, "Okay, I trust this person, and I respect them and know they respect me," and then you can just go with it. When that doesn't exist, it's a lot harder to let go.” IfsKnowsPersonsActorsBreakLetting GoComfortableDrawsOkayOppositesHarderLuckHonestlyInsecurityBreaking DownRespect Me Author:James Wolk
“When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.” IfsKnowsMatterSchoolActorsOpportunityRealizingCollegeCapableHigh SchoolOkayGradesKnow YourselfGrades In School Author:Bryan Cranston
“"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.” IfsWantMeanLittlesSaidHandsMovingActorsEasyBitsViewsLittle BitConceptsOkayWeightPressureWant MeComes And GoesYou Want MeTouch MeNudgeNo Pressure Author:Morgan Freeman
“When we had ideas that earned there way in [Austin Powers], it began to get okay. The hook for me was 'Mini-Me.' We only auditioned one guy - Verne Troyer - and at the time I said, 'we have to get this guy, get him life insurance, whatever he needs' because there was no other way or actor to do it. It was amazing to me just to talk to him...he was Mini-Me.” WayNeedsSaidIdeasGuyActorsOkayHookThis GuyAustinMini Me Author:Jay Roach
“I started taping my dad's auditions when I was 11, when he was auditioning actors for one of his movies. I would see, over and over again, that there wasn't just one actor for the role. It was really clear that there were a lot of people who could play a character really well, and it would always come down to something kind of weird and non-obvious as to why a person was cast. If you're not right, you're not right, but that's okay.” PeopleIfsWellsKindPersonsPlayCharacterActorsRolesClearDadOkayMy DadCastsObviousJust OneAuditions Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was perfect, but this time, Bob, instead of saying “What’s for dinner?” you say, “Wait a minute! Benzene is actually a hydrocarbon!” And say it with a Norwegian accent. Also, we think maybe your character should have no arms.” ThinkingShouldCharacterLastsActorsWaitingPerfectMinutesArmsSceneDirectorsShould HaveOkayDinnerBobAccentsLast MinuteNorwegiansHydrocarbonsBenzene Author:Dave Barry