“I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.” CharacterActorsSkillsCharacter Actors Author:Kristin Lehman
“So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.” WritingPlayActorsActingSkillsIncrediblesLovelyFascinationDarling Author:Patrick Macnee
“There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you're auditioning for them, every day, and that's a terrible feeling on the set.” FeelsFeelingsActorsTerribleDirectorsSkillsUncomfortable Author:Ben Kingsley
“It [RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE] has definitely been the biggest learning curve for me. As an actor, whenever I start on a movie, different things that I perform in ask for different skill sets. And this one is definitely the technological side of it. You have to hit your mark. You can't weave back and forth because your nose is jutting at you in 3-D. It's really been learning how to do that and also it's exciting to be on the forefront of this technology.” DifferentEvilActorsAsksSidesTechnologySkillsExcitingMarkNosesDifferent ThingsAfterlifeTechnologicalCurvesBack And ForthResidentsLearning CurveResident Evil Author:Ali Larter
“Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading and feeling, walking around and listening to music. It really just because an internal exercise, whatever skills. It's great if you have to learn something new for a gig and designing a character physically is always fun but it does become an internal exercise in separating the wheat from the chaff.” IfsThinkingDoeDoneCharacterFeelingsHomeReadingActorsFunHoursRoomsMorningDesignListeningWalkingExerciseSkillsInternalsHotelSomething NewListening To MusicGigsWheatSeparatingHotel Rooms Author:Colin Farrell
“When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. "Look at my skill!"” LooksActorsWalksProudSkillsTheatre Author:James Hetfield
“I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great imagination and you have to bring it every day when you're working. Your imagination and your skills as an actor are what see you through, not what you're wearing or where you are.” ThinkingActorsImaginationPartyActingSecretSkillsWhere You AreGreat Imagination Author:Steven Spielberg
“I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons Actors have no inhibitions, and Im inhibited by everything. To be able to make fun of yourself is a skill and a liberating experience.” AbleActorsFunActingLessonsSkillsLiberatingInhibitions Author:Maksim Chmerkovskiy
“I dont think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones arent. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsEndsWould BeFilmTurnsActorsKnowingWonderfulParticularSkillsProjectsScriptsLuxuryTomsCruiseGreat Film Author:Jonny Lee Miller
“Im always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in El Gringo; it shows in the new Universal Soldier. You cant rest on your laurels; youve got to keep improving.” ThinkingTryingShowsActorsSkillsUniversalSoldierImprovingCantAlways TryingLaurels Author:Scott Adkins
“Directing is such alchemy, it's so easy to fail. And I've seen people who are great at their jobs because everybody has a go. Editors, DPs, actors, craft services guy, everybody wants to try it out but it is such a diffuse but necessary set of skills that you never know which one this person might lack.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingPersonsMightJobsGuyActorsEasyFailingSkillsCraftsEditorsAlchemy Author:Joss Whedon
“It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.” ImportantMomentsAbleActorsComedyDramaSkills Author:Nathaniel Buzolic
“I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that quickly and I'm really grounded in story structure. Part of my success as an actor, is that I know story well. Part of my success as a director, is how well I know story. Same thing, as a producer. It all begins and ends with me as a story creator. But, I love doing it all.” IfsKnowsFeelsWellsI CanEndsStoriesActorsCausesCan DoHonestDirectorsSkillsStructureCreatorProducersBeing HonestGrounded Author:Mark Duplass
“I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.” HelpingActorsStarsIndustrySkillsMovedDancingMoved On Author:Mithun Chakraborty
“Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling, and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.” TryingHumansEndsJobsCoursesActorsCan DoLinesActingSituationJourneyDivineSkillsProfoundTelling The TruthMapsScreenwriters Author:Paul Greengrass
“I have a passion for words. I love words. And I'm just learning and developing my skills for words. I do books and I do journalism and plays. I have a broad palette. I don't have a great eye for direction. I love working with actors and I work very well with them because I appreciate what they bring to the table. I'd never say never, of course, but I look at it and don't really fancy it. I want to try and master the word side of it first.” WantTryingFirstsWellsLooksBookPlayEyePassionCoursesActorsSidesMastersSkillsAppreciateTablesJournalismDevelopingFancyBroadsPaletteNever Say Never Author:Geoff Thompson
“I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.” IfsThinkingNeedsSometimesCharacterActorsUnderstandingTermTroubleSkillsPagesPreparation Author:William H. Macy
“The skill of a good actor is to make it always seem like you're in that fantastically spontaneous moment. Very often, a stand-up comedian has a different instinct, which is to reinvent. Once you've laid down some material, and made them laugh, you move on and find some new material.” MadeDifferentMomentsSeemsMovingActorsLaughingMaterialsLike YouSkillsInstinctComedianSpontaneousGood ActorsStand Up Comedian Author:Colin Firth
“I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.” ActorsLevelsSkillsSatisfying Author:Laura Linney
“I had very few skills. If I hadn't been a producer I'd been a failed actor. That would have been really disastrous.” IfsHas BeensActorsSkillsProducers Author:Laura Ziskin
“It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.” StoriesTodayActorsImaginationFiveTalentDirectorsSkillsCraftsMovieSecondsFilmmakingCompellingInnovativeFormat Author:Michael Apted
“I have a pretty fresh delivery. I feel that I am probably more of a dramatic actor, but I'm also a comedian. Every day I am polishing up my skills.” FeelsActorsSkillsComedianDramaticDelivery Author:Tone Bell
“Being an actor is wonderful and it's a lot of fun, but eventually you look old and you can't fit this or that. It's important to have other skills, be able to do other things, and to really learn how this business works and what it thrives on.” LooksImportantAbleActorsFunWonderfulFitSkillsThrive Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between themselves and the characters they are playing while at the same time remain in character and spontaneous requires a sophisticated combination of skills and spirit.” ThinkingCharacterAbleSpiritActorsLanguageSkillsCombinationConsiderationSophisticatedSpontaneousDifferentiate Author:Mike Leigh
“I don't think I had any idea at the time how to work with someone as masterful as he is. And I don't think at the time I really understood what was happening. I think I was in a space where I was like: there are all these things. I was shooting all these takes with David, and I was just confused, as a person, and as an actor feeling a little too big for my britches and that this thing was happening and then also not having enough skill yet, and technique to know exactly where I was, and know about the character.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesPersonsIdeasEnoughCharacterFeelingsBigsActorsSpaceSkillsHappeningsUnderstoodTechniqueShootingConfused Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try.” ThinkingWayGivingFeelsTryingMindActorsCareersSkills Author:Larry Mullen, Jr.
“My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.” WorldWayWritingDifferentAbleActorsDirectorsSkillsHusbandDirectDifferent WaysMy Husband Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.” ActorsBitsActingSkillsNoble Author:John C. Reilly
“I've talked a lot about the discipline and high, high skills of the British actors as seen from my Danish point of view. But I also have to say that Peter is unusually intelligent, humble and a good friend to everyone.” ActorsViewsDisciplineSkillsIntelligentHumbleBritishPoint Of ViewPeterGood FriendDanish Author:Lone Scherfig
“[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to be entertaining but also quite terrifying.” ActorsWonderfulBalanceSkillsEntertainingImaginative Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I think theatre reminds us what we're doing as actors, because every night and every matinee day, you have an audience telling you what's working and what's not. And that's very good for us as actors to hone our skills.” ThinkingNightActorsAudienceSkillsVery GoodTheatreEvery Night Author:Ewan McGregor
“In life, you're supposed to get wiser, so as an actor, even just through your own life experiences, you're already richer as a person and have more to pull on. And this job is great for the places it takes you to, the things it makes you interested in and the skills you get to learn.” PersonsJobsActorsSkillsLife ExperienceWiser Author:Elaine Cassidy
“Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.” PeopleUsedActorsTalentTypeSkillsTheaterCastingMovie Actors Author:Sam Mendes
“As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.” ThinkingWritingTwoStoriesCertainPassionActorsAbilityRoomsCreativityNovelAmountSkillsShort StoryStamina Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That's so uninteresting.” WantLittlesActorsWalksInterestingActingWatchesCrySkillsToolsHatsBelts Author:Kristen Stewart
“In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your director and the other actors. In those close quarters, your imagination and your skills are what you turn to.” RealTurnsActorsImaginationRoomsDirectorsSkillsResourcesQuartersRehearsal Author:Stephen Lang