“I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.” IfsThinkingKnowsMindBelieveStatesActorsLinesAbilityFineTypeIllInsanePerformingFine LinesMentally Ill Author:Samantha Morton
“I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.” IfsThinkingDifferentPlayWould BeActorsChallengesRolesTypeAspire Author:Vanessa Lengies
“There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.” WantCertainActorsStarsType Author:Natalie Wood
“That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor.” PeopleKnowsNextActorsWorstTypeParts Of LifeSaying No Author:Morgan Freeman
“I'm the type of person who is always going to be somewhat dissatisfied with myself. I'm never going to be smart enough. I'm never going to be a good enough father and husband. I'm never going to be a good enough actor for myself. I just never will be, and I have to get comfortable with waking up every day and trying to move some little increment closer to the person I have always dreamed of being. This is the journey.” TryingLittlesPersonsEnoughMovingActorsFatherJourneyTypeHusbandComfortableSmartWake UpGood EnoughWakingBeing SmartDissatisfied Author:Will Smith
“When I was a Hollywood press agent, I learned how the Hollywood casting system worked. There was a roster of actors who were always perfect as doctors or lawyers or laborers, and the directors just picked the types they needed and stuffed them into film after film. I do the same [with my characters], book after book.” BookCharacterFilmActorsPerfectTypeNeededDirectorsDoctorsHollywoodPressesLawyerAgentsCastingLaborersRosters Author:Richard Condon
“I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.” DifferentWholeActorsChanceActingCompanyRolesComedyFocusStageHavensTypeTragedyIntentionGenreEtcJumpingReservationsDifferent GenresStage Actors Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.” I CanActionActorsTypeProjectsAnd Love Author:Wesley Snipes
“When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we are actors, too.” LooksSometimesActionActorsForgetAudienceType Author:Donnie Yen
“I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.” KnowsActorsGrowing UpGrowingTypeDadMy DadBuilder Author:Stephen Mangan
“I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different shit, you know what I mean?” KnowsTryingMeanDifferentWholeActorsStuffTypeBunch Author:Ice Cube
“The most important thing to having a long career, as an actor, is diversity and being able to play different types of characters in different types of movies. I want to keep acting, all my life. In order to do that, I think it is important to go and do the bigger tentpole box office movies, and then also do more character roles.” ThinkingWantLongImportantDifferentPlayCharacterAbleOrderActorsActingCareersRolesTypeOfficeDiversityBiggerImportant ThingsBoxesBox OfficeLong Careers Author:Josh Hutcherson
“That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.” PeopleWantLooksHeartKindLongJobsGuyActorsCan DoChallengesActingSuccessfulTypeLong TimeBeing SuccessfulEighty Author:Jason Clarke
“There are different types of art, and you just have to follow where things take you. It helps me with my desire to perform live. That's something that a lot of actors and actresses don't get to experience on a regular basis.” ArtDifferentHelpingDesireActorsTypeBasesActressesHelp MeActors And Actresses Author:Natasha Leggero
“An entrepreneur is someone who, almost artistically, designs a living entity which embodies the values, beliefs, and ambitions of the creator. It's impossible for a larger entity to swallow a smaller one without completely reshaping it. When this process begins, a wild visionary - the entrepreneur type - is the most toxic, indigestible actor imaginable. And this is why I roll my eyes when a new acquisition is announced: Because I don't see it as a triumphant graduation but a sacrifice to an industry that is afraid to dream big.” DreamBigsEyeValuesActorsBeliefProcessImpossibleSacrificeDesignTypeIndustryAmbitionEntrepreneurCreatorToxicEntityVisionariesAcquisitionTriumphant Author:Jake Lodwick
“Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, which is really refreshing and inspiring.” ActorsTypeActressesFearlessPlanesBellsRefreshingParachutes Author:Steve Antin
“I crave the diversity because I'm an actor and it's more fun to play different types of characters, but I'm pretty spontaneous as well, so I don't rule anything out.” WellsDifferentPlayCharacterActorsFunTypeDiversitySpontaneousCrave Author:Kristen Bell
“With the type of actor I am, which includes really diving into a role and making it as real as possible, there's nothing better than working in a real environment on location. It forces you to feel what the character's feeling, and it allows you to live in the space of the character.” FeelsRealCharacterFeelingsActorsForceSpaceRolesEnvironmentTypeLocationDiving Author:Michael Eklund
“There are two types of actors. There's the actors who can acknowledge that they could never do standup comedy. Then there's the pretentious ones, who believe that acting is harder than standup comedy. I definitely don't think it is. I also think making a comedy is substantially harder than making a drama.” ThinkingBelieveTwoActorsActingComedyTypeDramaHarderAcknowledgePretentious Author:Jim Jefferies
“The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean homesteading − some type of first use or embordering activity. Obviously, an actor must already own his body if he is to be a homesteader; self-ownership is not acquired by homesteading but rather is presupposed in any act or defense of homesteading.” IfsFirstsHumansSelfUseBodyActorsViewsTypeActivityCapableResourcesDefenseLibertarianOwnersOwnershipScarceScarce ResourcesHomesteadingSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“I like TV in the way that it moves quickly, I like the pace of TV because I'm that type of actor. I like to go-go-go. I don't have to do 50 million takes of something. I guess I'm not that patient. I really like the pace of it.” WayMovingActorsMillionsTvsTypePatientPace Author:A. J. Cook
“If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far.” IfsI CanCharacterStoriesMovingCertainNextActorsNaturalStepsInformationTypeDirectorsBenefitsAspectCamerasShoesFocusedNarrativeTransitionLensesNext Steps Author:Russell Crowe
“I think I'm true to myself - you hear that actors have like plans. I'm gonna do this type of movie, then I'm gonna play this kind of character, and that'll get me from A to B. I've never done that. I honestly just follow my gut and I don't think you can go wrong with that.” ThinkingKindDonePlayCharacterActorsPlansTypeHonestlyGutsTrue To Myself Author:Toni Collette
“I don't think that you necessarily need a certain type of background to take on roles. You see actors from very, very privileged backgrounds playing working class characters and vice-versa. I don't think your background limits you as to what you can do.” ThinkingNeedsCharacterCertainActorsCan DoClassRolesTypeLimitsVicesBackgroundsPrivilegedWorking ClassVice Versa Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I would like to do a lot more of it, I feel comfortable with it and basically it's all in the writing. I'm not a personality type actor, I need a good script in order to be funny, but it's definitely something that I like doing.” NeedsFeelsWritingOrderActorsTypePersonalityComfortableScriptsPersonality Types Author:Ray Liotta
“I think audiences are a lot more intelligent than what we give them credit for and understand that an actor is playing a role and that doesn't mean he can't play different types of roles.” ThinkingGivingMeanDifferentPlayActorsRolesAudienceTypeIntelligentCredit Author:Cillian Murphy
“Actors basically are the type of person that with three seconds left, we want the ball. Give us the shot to make it or miss it. We'll take the lumps if we miss it, but we want the chance to get the glory.” IfsWantGivingPersonsThreeActorsLeftChanceMissingTypeGloryShotsBallsSecondsLumps Author:Bryan Cranston
“When I'm trying to imagine something, I have a few elements, a few ideas, maybe a certain actor or actress I want to create a certain type of character for, or maybe a certain place.” WantTryingIdeasCharacterCertainActorsImagineTypeElementsActresses Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It used to be trained professionals doing animation and they were great. Now they have celebrities and famous actors doing the voices, but that does not always work. But I think this film turned out really well, partly because the three of us (me, Ray and Denis) are comedians who are used to doing solo acts and doing certain types of voices. The three of us are New York guys, we all came up the same way in the profession and we are all edgy and enjoy doing family movies. It was a good combination I think.” ThinkingWayWellsDoeFilmUsedGuyCertainThreeActorsEnjoyVoiceNew YorkTypeProfessionUsed To BeCombinationComedianRaysSoloAnimationEdgyFamous Actor Author:John Leguizamo
“I think there are three types of actors. There are the ones that do the ego thing, which is "I'm never going to look bad in a movie, ever." This is mostly the action film dudes, like, "Nah, hell no. He ain't punchin' me! I'd whoop his ass!" Then you've got the activist type who bases their decisions in the development of a character on what it symbolizes to society - what the ethical code is. And then the third type is a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksLongCharacterActionFilmThreeActorsDecisionPowerfulHellTypeDevelopmentEgoThirdsBasesPainfulFlyingAssCodeActivistEthicalRatsAction FilmsThespians Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“As Uta Hagen would say, there's the representational actor and the presentational actor. My sister [Maggie Gyllenhaal] came up to me recently after she saw this movie, Southpaw, the movie I did, and she thought there was this exploration of that type of presentation, and a bit of representation as well, if I could be totally honest, where she was deeply moved.” IfsWellsActorsBitsSawsHonestTypeMovedIf I CouldExplorationMy SisterRepresentationPresentationMaggie Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the set, and how much respect he has for every aspect of the film, and every aspect of the frame - that's the type of actor I am now; it's not the type of actor I was then. But without understanding his process, and then coming to learn it later on, I would never be the actor I am now.” JobsFilmActorsProcessUnderstandingSawsTypeAmountAspectPreparation Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I don't want to get locked into any one type of genre. I just want to constantly be working with amazing directors and amazing actors, and just always pushing the envelope on what I can do, as an actor.” WantI CanActorsCan DoTypeDirectorsGenrePushingLockedEnvelopesPushing The Envelope Author:Nico Tortorella
“Some like to start from the inside and then go to the outside. I'm the other type of actor. First, I have to know how my character looks, how he walks, how he drives, how he eats.” KnowsFirstsLooksCharacterActorsWalksKnow HowType Author:Patrick Huard
“There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to get into it but I've been so incredibly lucky in that I was brought up in to it. I still might go to drama school, if I wanted to do theater work, definitely. It's a completely different type of training.” IfsThinkingWayStillsDifferentMightWantedSchoolActorsTypeDramaLuckyTrainingEnglandTheaterHype Author:Eleanor Tomlinson
“An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'” ThinkingKindDoneActorsRolesFashionDangerTvsTypeApproachBasesTheatreProducersAlasEmulateSeanImitatingImitating Others Author:Theodore Bikel
“As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural. A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.” FeelsRealLightAbleActorsDifficultNaturalLinesTypeDialogueUnnaturalOften IsScreenwriting Author:John Francis Daley
“Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.” KnowsStillsActorsTelevisionTypeTraditionalComedianBeing Funny Author:Busy Philipps
“In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music to acting and it's receivable because when music gives a form of entertainment of art to where it's very personable, it's a passion, it's an intimate type of art to when you hear it, it's them.” ThinkingGivingArtFormPassionActorsActingTypeAreasCrossesEntertainmentIntimate Author:Nick Cannon
“I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.” MenPlayCharacterBigsCareFilmCertainActorsTypeEasierProjectsHollywoodAvailableLike MeVarietySlipsLead InCharacter ActorsHollywood Films Author:Eddie Marsan
“I think there are three types of actors. There are the ones that do the ego thing, which is "I'm never going to look bad in a movie, ever." This is mostly the action film dudes, like, "Nah, hell no. He ain't punchin' me! I'd whoop his ass!"” ThinkingLooksActionFilmThreeActorsHellTypeEgoAssAction Films Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“[There is] type [of actors ]a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people. Meryl Streep is amazing at it.” PeopleGivingLongActorsPowerfulTypePainfulFlyingAssRatsThespians Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“People still tweet me like, "Oh my god, I just found out you guys are married!" Which makes sense to me because I'm not the type of person who is like, "I love this actor, let me find out everything about their lives."” PeoplePersonsStillsGuyActorsFoundTypeMarriedLet MeMake SenseTweet Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“What interests Sam Mendes are characters and relationships, and he was a genius at giving you the freedom to create the type of character you want, and also to explore and have fun with your fellow actors. For him, characters and relationships are really the heartbeat of the film, and then the action is the backdrop. By developing the characters, he makes you care that much more about the action and going on a journey with the characters.” WantGivingHeartCharacterCareActionFilmActorsFunInterestJourneyTypeGeniusFellowsDevelopingHaving FunHeartbeatBackdrop Author:Naomie Harris
“I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I could. It's funny that you ask, because I've just been thinking that maybe I'd rather direct The Bell Jar than act in it. It's a huge leap to go from a short to a feature, so I'm tentative - I'm like, Well, that's just so triple-type-A personality of you.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsKindDoneActorsAsksHugeTypePersonalityDirectDon't BelieveFeaturesLeapBellsJarsBell Jar Author:Julia Stiles
“The second season is generally easier do because you know the actors better and they know the characters better and if everybody likes each other you can really go all types of places.” IfsKnowsCharacterActorsTypeEasierSeasonsLikes Author:Denis Leary
“In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself to be directed by them, then the end result will be much more pleasing. The real and individual strengths of the actors is allowed to be expressed and is something that does affect the audience very deeply.” IfsDoeRealEndsActorsIndividualResultsAudienceTypeDirectCinemaVery DeepEnd ResultsIndividual Strength Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I was certainly a child of the '60s, and I came out of that era, and as a young actor, I got cast as a lot of counterculture hippie types.” ChildrenYoungActorsTypeCastsErasHippieYoung ActorsCounterculture Author:Rob Reiner
“I like to keep a broad scope and read lots of different things with lots of different types of characters. Doing that is going to help develop me as an actor; you push yourself.” DifferentCharacterHelpingActorsTypeDifferent ThingsBroadsScopePush Yourself Author:Asa Butterfield