“Yet the reality is that I'm a stage actor from the Midwest - probably the opposite of a shark agent.” RealityActorsStageOppositesAgentsSharksMidwestStage Actors Author:Jeremy Piven
“Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tell how silly this all is: him dressed up as someone else speaking words written by a third party.” StillsSeemsActorsPartyAliveWrittenProveOppositesThirdsSillyCorpsesDressed UpThird Parties Author:Antony Sher
“Lance Guest in The Last Starfighter had such integrity and held himself to such a high standard that I just wanted to raise your own standard to meet it. He is a hard-working, giving actor. He made me feel secure and better in my role opposite him.” GivingFeelsMadeHardWantedLastsActorsRolesHard WorkIntegrityStandardsOppositesRaisesSecureGuestsHigh Standards Author:Catherine Mary Stewart
“My job has always been to not only make my character look like a badass but to also make the actor I am fighting opposite to be the character they need to be too.” NeedsLooksCharacterJobsFightingActorsOppositesBadass Author:Zoe Bell
“The world we live in is made up of polar opposites, black/white, male/female, night/day, and a human being who possesses both masculine and feminine – vulnerability and strength – is intriguing to us, whether they be a singer or actor or dancer, intrigues us, because THAT Is who we really are.” WorldHumansMadeNightActorsBlackHuman BeingsWhiteFemaleOppositesMalesSingersVulnerabilityDancerFeminineIntrigueMasculineIntriguingBlack WhiteMasculine And FemininePolar OppositesMale Female Author:RuPaul
“You've always got to have an imagination in the game we're in but it explodes on this. You get to try the costumes on before you start and feel the weight of them, which is great. But then you're opposite some of the greatest actors in the world and away you go. You find your imagination takes over without you really even thinking about it.” ThinkingWorldFeelsTryingActorsGamesImaginationOppositesWeightCostumesWithout You Author:Ray Winstone
“I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.” Has BeensActorsInterestFemaleOppositesCastsMovie Author:Morgan Freeman
“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
“An actor can play two or three lines where he says one thing, but plays the opposite. That's the most important moving part of a film.” TwoImportantPlayFilmMovingThreeActorsLinesOne ThingOppositesMoving Parts Author:Jaco Van Dormael
“I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I was younger. It was all very, very theatrical. It was only later that I separated the two and thought of myself as quite the opposite of an actor.” TwoShowsWantedActorsTalentGunOppositesRoseGradesTheatricalSixth GradeTalent ShowGuns N Roses Author:Ariel Pink
“This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody thinks that it's a good fit, so you make it a better fit.” ThinkingPlayActorsRolesCenturyFitOppositesExpected19th Century Author:Kate Mulgrew
“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
“A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.” WantDifferentCharacterActorsTestsOppositesFrustratedCharacter Actors Author:Jason Statham
“I think a lot of times, when you're working in this business, and you're both actors or somehow involved in the industry, you can get torn in different directions and be on completely opposite schedules.” ThinkingDifferentActorsIndustryInvolvedOppositesSchedulesTornDifferent Directions Author:Katie Aselton
“I'd done two years on a soap opera where I was shooting things every day and they gave me a hard time about that, which I think is the wrong way to teach a young actor. They just made me really, really self-conscious about everything I did, which is the opposite of what you need to be when you're filming.” ThinkingWayNeedsYearsMadeTwoSelfHardDoneYoungActorsTeachConsciousOppositesShootingHard TimesTwo YearsOperaSoapSelf ConsciousWrong WaySoap OperasYoung Actors Author:Iwan Rheon
“As an actor, you can't say, "I'm going to try to be cool at all cost when I do this," because that's the opposite of what you need to do as an actor.” NeedsTryingActorsCostOppositesBeing Cool Author:Tim McGraw
“Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.” ThinkingWarActorsHeavenColdIntellectualOppositesStrategySakeInnocentComplexityThinkerOutsidersCold WarNaiveStrategicChimpanzeesWar StrategyMovie ActorsFooling Around Author:Russell Baker
“There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs and rhymed couplets, killing each other with wooden swords, hollow protestations of faith hurled after empty promises of vengeance - and every gesture, every pose, vanishing into the thin unpopulated air. We ransomed our dignity to the clouds, and the uncomprehending birds listened. Don't you see?! We're actors - we're the opposite of people!” PeopleMenChildrenActorsActingAirPromiseClothesBirdDignityEmptyOppositesKillingCloudsSpokesGesturesVengeanceHollowWigsSwearingVanishingDementedKilling Each OtherRosencrantz And GuildensternCoupletsEmpty Promises Book:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Source: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
“Competition is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get along. And they are therefore not first-rate actors. The good actor is the one who competes, willingly, who enjoys competing. An actor must compete, or die...Peacefulness and the avoidance of trouble won't help in his acting. It is just the opposite he must seek.” WantFirstsHelpingDiesActorsEnjoyActingTroubleHealthyOppositesCompetitionRateRefuseAcknowledgeCompetingAvoidanceGood ActorsPeacefulnessHealthy Competition Author:Michael Shurtleff
“I find actors who play nasty guys in movies are the nicest guys in real life, and the opposite then goes for heroes.” RealPlayGuyActorsHeroOppositesReal LifeNasty Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
“I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.” DreamActorsDirectorsOppositesGreat ActorsDe Niro Author:Jon Lovitz