“I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.” PeopleLooksHandsHateActorsLostSexPrayingBedI HateScreensLook UpConvinceFoldsPraying To GodSpotlight Author:Orson Welles
“Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill someone just as quickly as I can have sex with someone. You can switch that instinct, no matter what - you can pretend anything.” IfsI CanMatterCharacterJobsActorsSexFantasyNo Matter WhatInstinctFantasy Life Author:Matthew Lillard
“I think virginity is fine, just as I think having sex is fine. I don't really care what women do sexually, and neither should you. In fact, that's the point. I believe that a young woman's decision to have sex, or not, shouldn't impact how she's seen as a moral actor.” ThinkingShouldBelieveFactsCareYoungActorsI BelieveSexDecisionMoralFineImpactYoung WomenSexuallyVirginityHaving Sex Author:Jessica Valenti
“Every actor pretends that they hate sex scenes, and the truth is that they all love them, and they're lying.” LyingHateActorsSexTruth IsScene Author:Mindy Kaling
“My understanding of the way sex scenes work is that you're surrounded by crew, and you're cold, and you have to do it eight times 'cause they didn't get the lighting. It doesn't sound pleasant, but you think that actors actually enjoy it?” ThinkingWayActorsSexCausesEnjoyUnderstandingSoundColdSceneEightPleasantCrewLighting Author:Mindy Kaling
“I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false, the mannerisms are false, the sex is false, ideal, the Hollywood world of perfection, the clean image, the well pressed clothes, the well scrubbed anus, odorless, inhuman, of the Hollywood actor, the Broadway star. And the terrible false dirt of Broadway, the lower depths in which the dirt is imitated, inaccurate.” KnowsWorldWellsDoeActorsStarsSexVoiceKnow HowTerribleClothesIdealsPerfectionHollywoodCleanDepthTheatreToneDirtHelloBroadwayInhumanMannerismsAnusBroadway Theatre Author:Julian Beck
“Acting is like sex. You should just do it and not talk about it.” ShouldActorsSexActingJust Do It Author:Joanne Woodward
“My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all.” ShouldBelievePlayCharacterAbleJobsChoicesActorsSexViewsActingRolesIssuesClearColourSurgeryTransgenderEthnicity Author:Stephen Fry
“Whatever expectations I had for myself, none of them have come to pass. I grew up thinking I was going to be an actor, which I am. But I thought I'd be a very serious sort of Shakespearean guy going from town to town having sex with various Juliets all over the country.” ThinkingCountryGuyActorsSexSeriousGrewGrew UpExpectationsTownsVariousJulietHaving Sex Author:Michael Ian Black
“I was a teenager, we were pretty much fully indoctrinated, thanks to sexual scare tactics. I remember so many public-health commercials with a B-actor in a fake alley background warning us to use protection or telling us the only real safe choice was abstinence. We were highly frightened of sex from day one. There was no free-swinging '90s.” RealUseRememberChoicesActorsSexSafeProtectionBackgroundsThanksTeenagerFakeFrightenedScareWarningTacticsAlleysPublic HealthAbstinenceScare Tactics Author:Michael Stipe
“There's often rarely any dialogue in a sex scene. With your fellow actor, it's good to talk about what the unspoken dialogue is, that's happening in the scene. You've got to play something rather than feel self-conscious or exposed.” FeelsSelfPlayActorsSexSceneHappeningsConsciousFellowsDialogueExposedSelf ConsciousUnspoken Author:Geoffrey Rush
“I wanted to shoot the sex scenes unadorned so that the actors could really live in the moment.” MomentsWantedActorsSexSceneLive In The Moment Author:Seamus McGarvey
“I think a lot of female actors have a real fear of not looking their best. They learn to prize their vanity over a role in which they have to look like a moron. They're worried they'll damage their sex appeal. Thankfully, I have no problem looking like a moron!” ThinkingLooksRealProblemActorsSexRolesFemaleVanityAppealsWorriedDamagePrizeNo ProblemMoronSex Appeal Author:Emma Stone
“I've never had sex with boxers on and it's an odd thing to watch actors do. That's not saying I haven't tried... I just don't recommend it!” ActorsSexWatchesHavensOddBoxersOdd Things Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“When you're working on something where there's usually one sex scene in the film, it all gets a little bit of a gray area and people get a bit uncomfortable and awkward. You just get through it. But, it became very clear on this that that can't happen. There can't be any gray areas on this because there are actors and actresses coming in for a day or a couple of days, as well as people who are there regularly.” PeopleWellsLittlesHappensFilmActorsSexBitsClearCoupleSceneLittle BitAreasActressesUncomfortableGrayAwkwardGray AreaActors And Actresses Author:Michael Sheen
“I don’t mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal... Any actor who starts taking ‘sex symbol’ seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems.” ThinkingNeedsMindProblemActorsSexSeriousSymbolsMealsSex SymbolGood Meals Author:Clive Owen