“I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first six months, and I want the play to last 30 or 40 years. You write for the character, not the actor on the stage.” WantWritingYearsFirstsPlayCharacterMightLastsActorsStageParticularMonthsSixOriginalsProductionsSix Months Author:Neil Simon
“Maybe one way I am original is that at heart I really am a classical actor. I haven't had my chance yet in the commercial world to show that. Movies aren't really made about classical people so much any more.” PeopleWorldWayHeartMadeShowsActorsChanceHavensOriginalsOne Way Author:Christopher Reeve
“genius is original, unique; and in whatever form it may develop itself is the greatest gift that can be given to man, the strongest known link between the material life we have and the spiritual life that we can only guess at. Every great poet, painter, or musician - every inventor or man of science, every fine actor or orator, comes to us as the exponent of something diviner than we know. We cannot understand it, but we feel it, and acknowledge it.” KnowsMenFeelsMaySpiritualFormActorsGivenKnownPoetMaterialsFineGeniusMusicianUniqueOriginalsPainterAcknowledgeStrongestLinksSpiritual LifeInventorGreatest GiftsGreat PoetOratorsExponents Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“I would give the same advice to anyone, celebrity or not. Produce your own music, keep in original, and be real. You need to earn the respect of your fans for your original work in music, and not rely on your celebrity in other mediums. The same would apply for actors who sing, dance, or even play sports.” NeedsGivingRealPlayActorsSportsFansAdviceProduceOriginalsMediumsRelyBeing RealReal You Author:Paul Oakenfold
“Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble.” ArtArtistActorsSawsTroubleStyleDirectorsMurderOriginalsSensibilityThreatenedRestrictionJimmyDeanGuerrillas Author:Dennis Hopper
“Well, I mean, the original is certainly the jump-off, it certainly is what it is, you know, I grew up around that era so I watched all those shows. The basic concept is there, it's just a different movie. Totally different actors, different filmmakers, different script, but same concept.” KnowsWellsMeanDifferentShowsActorsGrewGrew UpConceptsOriginalsScriptsErasFilmmaker Author:Antoine Fuqua
“Any good movie or script usually, if they're doing their job, gives the highest platform possible for an actor to leap off of, and that script was very high up there. It was a very smart, tight script. There was a lot of improv, as well, once we got to the set, but a lot of the original script was also in there.” IfsGivingWellsJobsActorsHighestSmartOriginalsScriptsLeapPlatformsGood MovieVery Smart Author:Justin Theroux
“Sylvester wins, obviously [best actor in a supporting role in 2016]. That's the whole point of this. We're all getting dressed up to go to the Oscars to hear Sylvester Stallone, let no one get this twisted. The academy can't pay for a better moment than this: this is the Oscar's original darling.” WholeMomentsActorsWinningPayRolesOriginalsOscarsTwistedDarlingAcademyDressed UpGetting DressedSupporting RolesGetting Dressed Up Author:Bun B
“Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape of them was pretty much determined by the original work. With my own plays, the only changes, aside from taking a speech out here, putting one in there (if I thought I dwelled on a point a little too long or didn't make it explicit enough), are very minor; but even though they're very minor - having to do with the inability of actors or the unwillingness of the director to go along with me - I've always regretted them.” IfsLittlesLongTwoDoneEnoughPlayActorsMy OwnShapesDirectorsSpeechOriginalsDeterminedMinorsInabilityAdaptationExplicitRevision Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“When we started the show [Lonesome Dove], Suzanne De Passe - who had done the original miniseries and still owned the property and was turning it into this series - she brought in a lot of old friends - Diahann Carroll and Billy Dee Williams and Dennis Weaver. And we had an interesting collection off the top of these old seasoned actors. Billy Dee was lovely and iconic.” StillsDoneShowsActorsInterestingOriginalsPropertySeriesLovelyCollectionsOld FriendsDoveIconicLonesomeWeaversLonesome Dove Author:Eric McCormack
“What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original accent.” ActorsOriginalsAccentsAustralianAmerican Movie Author:Owen Wilson
“There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified. In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California. Ronald Reagan wasn't qualified to be governor, let alone president. I was a vice president of the Screen Actors Guild when he was its president. My duties consisted of attending meetings and voting. The only thing I remember is that Ronnie never had an original thought and that we had to tell him what to say. That's no way to run a union, let along a state or a country.” KnowsWayCountryStatesRunningRememberActorsPresidentDifferencesOpinionDutyOriginalsUnionsMeetingsVicesScreensCaliforniaVotingGovernorsQualifiedVice PresidentAttendingSchwarzeneggerGuildsOriginal Thought Book:The Garner Files: A Memoir Source: The Garner Files: A Memoir
“Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story meeting with studio executives with no particular ability or actors who haven't even graduated high school telling you exactly how to change your script, you haven't experienced what it's really like to be a screenwriter in Hollywood. Also, unlike novelists and playwrights, you don't own the copyright on your original material. It hurts when you sell a project you love and then suddenly the project you really cared about will never see the light of day.” WayTryingStoriesLightSchoolActorsHurtAbilityHavensParticularMaterialsTerribleProjectsHigh SchoolHollywoodOriginalsSellsMeetingsScriptsStudiosNovelistsExecutivesIt HurtsPlaywrightScreenwritersCopyrightScreenwriting Author:Amy Holden Jones