“I wanna do movies that in ten years time people will respect me for, as an actor. So if I do take two years off or three years off, the next movie I have that comes out you want people to go 'ooh, that's Frankie Muniz's new movie, it's gonna be a good movie cause he's in it.” PeopleIfsWantYearsTwoThreeNextActorsCausesTenTwo YearsThree YearsGood MovieRespect Me Author:Frankie Muniz
“I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.” IfsSelfSometimesHandsGuyThreeActorsCasesPiecesDirectorsConsciousStartingImpressionSuitsAuditionsSelf ConsciousPomposity Author:Charles Kimbrough
“I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.” TwoMotherThreeActorsParentBrotherDoctorsThirdsChosenOlder BrotherChosen One Author:Bill Skarsgard
“An actor can do a play on Broadway for three years. Every night he's expressing the same emotion in exactly the same way. He has developed a technique to convey those feelings so that he can get the ideas across. Or a musician may not want to play that damn music at all, but he has a booking and has to do it.” WayWantYearsMayIdeasPlayFeelingsNightThreeActorsCan DoEmotionMusicianTechniqueDamnThree YearsEvery NightBroadway Author:Richard Estes
“It's certainly more interesting for me as an actor, but I think it's also more interesting for the audience to see three-dimensional characters, rather than just a bad guy or a good guy.” ThinkingCharacterGuyThreeActorsInterestingAudienceBad GuysGood Guy Author:Nicholas Lea
“The bottom line is that I'm an actor, so when somebody pitches me a great part, it's a no-brainer. You never know what it's gonna be like, in terms of the actual experience. You can be really excited about a part that can turn out shitty, you can have a bad time, there's a bad egg or two or three, in the bunch, or the producers are weird, or something like that.” KnowsTwoTurnsThreeActorsTermLinesBottomExcitedBunchProducersEggsBottom LineBad TimesNo Brainer Author:Kathy Bates
“Working in theater, film or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.” DifferentJobsFilmThreeActorsAcceptingTelevisionTheaterDifferent Jobs Author:James Spader
“Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.” SometimesCharacterThreeActorsFourWeekMonthsCreditSpendingLead InCharacter Actors Author:Steve Buscemi
“In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.” FilmThreeActorsBuiltSchedulesThree ThingsAvailability Author:Kevin Spacey
“I worked with Roger Moore on three episodes of The Saint. He is a lovely man, a good director, and was my favourite actor to work with.” MenThreeActorsDirectorsSaintLovelyFavouriteEpisodesRogerGood DirectorsLovely Man Author:Shirley Eaton
“There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.” PeopleChildrenJobsThreeActorsWalksLuckyParksChickensCleanersSmall ChildWalks In The Park Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.” WantYearsEndsShowsThreeActorsFourTvsFour YearsTv Shows Author:Michael Ian Black
“Some of the most cutthroat auditions youll have as an actor are when youll have three words to say.” ThreeActorsAuditionsThree Words Author:Stephen Amell
“There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.” YearsCultureThreeActorsRolesHuge Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“It's funny: I put money into short films, and I put really good actors in it, and I write some stuff that's really funny, and I'll get, like, a million views. But to the right of me, there will be a video of a kitten that falls into a toilet bowl, and it's three seconds long, and it will get 25 million views.” WritingLongFilmFallThreeActorsStuffViewsMillionsVideoSecondsBowlsToiletsKittenGood ActorsShort Films Author:Ben Schwartz
“After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.” YearsThreeActorsGoes OnGutsThree YearsAuditions Author:Gale Harold
“I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.” TryingHardThreeActorsEnjoyWallMonthsGoes OnAgentsVacationClientsThree MonthsBangingBali Author:Erin Cummings
“If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.” IfsWantYearsDoneShowsCertainTurnsThreeActorsHoursHalfSeriousClothesWake UpClubsBotherThree YearsLoaded Author:Ali MacGraw
“I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.” WantChristianThreeActorsHotActressesListsTomsKateHardy Author:Ryan Guzman
“I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.” FirstsTwoThreeActorsTeacherHusbandLateStudiosInfluential Author:June Squibb
“Every actor has three versions of each scene - the one that you rehearse the night before, in your bedroom, the one you actually get to do when you're filming, and then the one you wish you would have done, afterward.” DoneNightThreeActorsWishSceneVersionsBedroomWish You Author:Zac Efron
“I am open to doing anything. I don't think in this day and age that, aside from two or three people, there isn't an actor who can just do one thing. I also think you can go back and forth between film and television pretty seamlessly.” PeopleThinkingTwoAgeFilmThreeActorsOne ThingTelevisionThis DayBack And ForthFilm And Television Author:Adam Pally
“The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.” ArtThreeActorsUnderstandingActingEssenceContemplatingPhases Author:Franz Grillparzer
“One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Toole and Elizabeth Ashley. I was a waiter, and I had about three lines. And I was ready! I had been around people like that, and I knew they were just actors. All the work I had done, it was all there, and I felt like I knew all the mechanics.” PeopleFirstsDoneFilmThreeActorsFeltLinesRolesReadyPeterMechanicWaiterAshleySvengali Author:Tobin Bell