“Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.” KnowsShouldLongEyeActorsLinesBoysKnow HowMembersLong TimeShotsCamerasHandleCrewElectrician Author:Jodie Foster
“My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers.” ShouldGuyActorsEasyCareersHeroAweTomsAspireMy HeroFeatsLeonardoDamon Author:Dylan O'Brien
“If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldJoyActorsGratefulEntertainingBe GratefulBringing Joy Author:Ellen Pompeo
“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.” PeopleShouldArtSaidPlayWantedSchoolDesireActorsActingTeacherTalentFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAcceptedHonestlyPerformingGradesAuditionsWhimPerforming ArtsEnglish Teacher Author:Ving Rhames
“I think good actors - good, collaborative actors who see themselves as leaders in a given production - can and should offer ideas that have nothing to do with wanting to direct themselves.” ThinkingShouldIdeasActorsGivenLeaderOffersDirectProductionsGood Actors Author:Joe Mantello
“As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.” ShouldActorsChallengesWilling Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldImportantDifferentActorsGuidesDifferent ThingsCompass Author:Michelle Ryan
“Most actors are either a shower of bloody scruffs or think they should dress like Hamlet off stage.” ThinkingShouldActorsStageDressesBloodyShowers Author:Martin Freeman
“Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.” ThinkingShouldActorsStruggleShould HaveYeahMovieOscars Author:Morgan Freeman
“It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place, for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape the theatre. And the actor who is a dreamer need not. All of us can only strive to remain uncontaminated. In the world we must be unworldly, in the theatre the actor must be untheatrical.” WorldNeedsShouldHumansHeartSoulActorsWorstDangerousTheaterStriveTheatreDesertIronyDreamerHuman SoulDangerous Places Author:Minnie Maddern Fiske
“I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.” IfsThinkingShouldHappensActors Author:J. J. Abrams
“I got the O.B.E because I represent England outside of England more...but thinking of me as an actor, I haven't done all the classical theatre, all the great roles. Think of Helen Mirren and me. Helen, who I adore, is a friend - should be Dame. I am the rebel, the revolutionary on the side.” ThinkingShouldDoneActorsSidesRolesHavensEnglandTheatreRevolutionaryRebelAdoreHelenDames Author:Charlotte Rampling
“It's disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur,' to increase public awareness to our cause. These are great/courageous ideas which time has come! Liberation of animals is REVOLUTION - not elegant performance/ intellectual competition. We should do most anything to advance the animal rights cause. All the bickering may make the one step forward... TWO STEPS BACKWARD???” PeopleShouldMayTwoIdeasHelpingActorsCausesAnimalStepsCreativeRightsAwarenessRevolutionIntellectualPerformancesIncreaseCompetitionNakedLiberationCourageousCriticizeAnimal RightsOrganizeElegantFurSteps ForwardBickeringDisheartening Author:Adela Popescu
“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
“When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between "what is" and "what should be".” ShouldTwoActorsConflictReactionsDivisionBehaviour Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The idea is to keep reinventing yourself. Once you attain a certain status as an actor, your fans start expecting from you and you should be able to fulfill them. That's why I try to choose as many different kind of roles as I can so that my fans are not disappointed with me. It would also get boring for me as an actor to keep repeating myself.” ShouldTryingKindI CanIdeasDifferentAbleCertainActorsRolesFansBoringDisappointedDifferent KindsExpectingReinventingReinventing Yourself Author:Arjun Rampal