“I've never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there's just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.” NeedsLooksKindFilmCertainActorsStarsQualityFiguresParticularOrdinaryIllusionClaimsFilm Stars Author:Stephen Fry
“As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary.” ActorsInterestingOrdinary Author:Megalyn Echikunwoke
“I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.” WayYearsActorsFoundVoiceNaturalSimpleFiveStageOrdinaryHollywoodStudiosFive YearsGesturesEliminating Author:Walter Huston
“Some trials look as much like the trial of an ordinary criminal case as a Hitchcock film looks like a home movie.” LooksHomeFilmActorsCasesOrdinaryCriminalsTrialsMovieHitchcock Author:Stephen Gillers
“To achieve respectability, to be admitted to the debate, they must accept without question or inquiry the fundamental doctrine that the state is benevolent, governed by the loftiest intentions, adopting a defensive stance, not an actor in world affairs but only reacting to the crimes of others...If even the harshest of critics tacitly adopt these premises, then the ordinary person may ask, who am I to disagree?” IfsWorldMayPersonsStatesActorsAsksAcceptingAchieveCrimeOrdinaryFundamentalsIntentionCriticsAffairDebateDoctrineDisagreeInquiryPremisesStanceReactingBenevolentAdoptingRespectabilityOrdinary PersonWorld Affairs Author:Noam Chomsky
“The actors come in and they make characters their own and so Patrick and I have never been the kind to think that our script is the bible. We want to make sure that the story is told, that you stick to the story but if you have to make changes to the character then that's fine. A lot of times there are some funny one-liners, funny things that happen that are out of the ordinary. I like it.” IfsThinkingWantKindCharacterStoriesHappensActorsFineOrdinarySticksScriptsMaking ChangesFunny ThingsOne LinerFunny One Liner Author:Todd Farmer
“I was born an ordinary actor. I will die an ordinary actor. But I've persisted.” DiesActorsBornOrdinary Author:Constantin Stanislavski
“Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.” PeopleShouldEnoughActorsActingStageOughtOrdinaryTheatreDaily LifeLarger Than Life Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.” PersonsDifferentReasonHomeSchoolActorsChallengesCitiesCareersNew YorkOrdinaryMy FamilyNew York CityFamily Life Author:Brooke Shields