“Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.” LittlesPersonsDifferentYoungNextActorsBitsActingExistenceWatchesExamplePositionSceneLittle BitIllusionShotsCamerasDepthFlatsStationsShrinksYoung Actors Author:Ang Lee
“What I've learned, more than anything, as a young actor who has been in the business for 10 years, is just to be around guys and girls, like Ron Perlman, Bill Lucking, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Katey Sagal, who have been in this business for a very long time, and to learn what to do and what not to do from them, every day, and to see how they navigate through their Hollywood life.” YearsLongHas BeensYoungGuyGirlActorsLong TimeHollywoodBillsI've LearnedNavigateKimYoung ActorsHollywood Life Author:Theo Rossi
“On many young actors that don't give their parents proper credit: I'm still waiting for some actor to win, say, an Oscar... and deliver the following acceptance speech: I would like to thank my parents, first of all, for letting me live.” GivingFirstsStillsYoungActorsWinningWaitingParentAcceptanceSpeechFollowingCreditOscarsYoung ActorsAcceptance Speech Author:Bill Cosby
“Usually being a young actor, you've got to go through certain levels of hierarchy, going through bit parts and extra roles and then kind of progressing up the food chain and having the size of your roles grow in that sense.” KindYoungCertainActorsGrowsBitsLevelsRolesProgressSizeChainsExtrasHierarchyYoung ActorsFood Chain Author:James Frecheville
“The number one reason for the death of young actors' careers is people get so used to seeing them playing that one character that they can't accept them as anyone else.” PeopleReasonCharacterYoungUsedActorsNumbersAcceptingCareersSeeingYoung Actors Author:Denzel Whitaker
“Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young actors, I think we were all very, very star-struck and impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out.” ThinkingTodayYoungActorsStarsSceneImpressedBrianYoung ActorsCaliber Author:James Norton
“The movie is so fun. I've done period pieces before but nothing with this twist. And the movie is just full of such wonderful people, such young actors - people like Matt Smith that I've been friends with for a while.” PeopleDoneYoungActorsFunPiecesWonderfulPeriodsTwistsYoung Actors Author:Douglas Booth
“There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.” SchoolYoungActorsWishGoneDramaEnglandComing OutYoung Actors Author:Ed Speleers
“As a young actor, there's a very small group of kids, just a handful. As you get older, all of a sudden, there's a bunch of guys your age that work. It's a very different experience when you used to be on the short list because you were young and there's only so many kids that can do the work and then all of a sudden you're in your twenties and thirties and there's a whole bunch of guys that can do your work.” DifferentWholeKidsAgeYoungUsedGuyActorsCan DoGroupsTwentiesListsBunchUsed To BeWorking ItHandfulSmall GroupsYoung ActorsDifferent Experiences Author:Ricky Schroder
“I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.” IfsWorldLittlesWould BeWantedYoungActorsStarsBitsActingClassFireFocusRocksDisciplineMetsLittle BitBe GoodCoachesSingersHungrySecondsRock N RollVehicleUp And DownAcresYoung ActorsGood Coaches Author:Iggy Pop
“You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.” YoungActorsTreatsGoing To WorkBest TimesYoung Actors Author:Clive Owen
“I'd done two years on a soap opera where I was shooting things every day and they gave me a hard time about that, which I think is the wrong way to teach a young actor. They just made me really, really self-conscious about everything I did, which is the opposite of what you need to be when you're filming.” ThinkingWayNeedsYearsMadeTwoSelfHardDoneYoungActorsTeachConsciousOppositesShootingHard TimesTwo YearsOperaSoapSelf ConsciousWrong WaySoap OperasYoung Actors Author:Iwan Rheon
“I try to do the same thing when I'm with young actors who are new and unsure. I try to do the same thing for them that I saw Laurence [Fishburne] and Angela [Dasset]do for all of us on Boyz n the Hood.” TryingYoungActorsSawsHoodUnsureYoung ActorsAngela Author:Nia Long
“I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.” YoungActorsStupidCollegeYeahSmokeYoung Actors Author:Meryl Streep
“I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.” ThinkingFeelsYoungActorsDirectorsYoung Actors Author:William H. Macy
“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
“A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're going into the land of make believe.” GivingBelieveRealRealityYoungActorsPiecesLandAdviceOur FamilyMake BelieveYoung Actors Author:Lorna Luft
“I got very self-conscious about the way I look. So I, especially with young people coming into the industry and young actors, I feel it's really terrible to start with their looks. Right? Because especially for women, it just puts you in your head at a time when you should really be focused on your work and what you're saying and doing and not how you look.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldLooksSelfYoungActorsIndustryTerribleConsciousFocusedSelf ConsciousYoung ActorsSaying And Doing Author:June Diane Raphael
“I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities.” YoungActorsResponsibilityWonderfulFortunateYoung Actors Author:Ben Kingsley
“I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.” ThinkingYoungActorsRolesLos AngelesLoserYoung Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.” IfsThinkingMatterYoungActorsActingHavensTerribleFameMusicianEthicsShameBottomCraftsWork EthicGreat WorkTerrible ThingsYoung ActorsGreat Work Ethic Author:Denis Leary
“You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'” KnowsShouldUseYoungChoicesActorsMy OwnResponseLife ExperienceShould IMy Own LifeYoung Actors Author:David Mamet
“I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine.” KnowsChildrenYoungActorsGamesBoysMinesRaisesRaisedRemarkableYoung ActorsWorking With Children Author:Liam Neeson
“I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.” YoungActorsCraftsEmployingYoung Actors Author:Clive Owen
“Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.” ThinkingWantEndsYoungActorsSexRolesSceneConsequenceAgreeStrangerEmbarrassingNudityFamily FriendsYoung Actors Author:Natalie Portman
“One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.” YoungActorsAuditionsFathomYoung Actors Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.” YearsArtYoungActorsBeliefCausesActingNew YorkStudentsExcitedCaliforniaGood ActorsNineteenYoung ActorsArt Students Author:Robert Redford
“People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity.” PeopleKnowsDoneUseYoungActorsHouseOne ThingMethodVulnerableShieldsSpontaneityYoung Actors Author:Mark Ruffalo
“My career was full of struggles and dreams, disappointments and peaks and valleys. But there was no Twitter, no Facebook or TMZ. Young actors could make mistakes and not become the focus of tabloids.” DreamYoungActorsMistakeCareersStruggleFocusDisappointmentMaking MistakesValleysTabloidsYoung ActorsPeaks And Valleys Author:Ricky Schroder
“I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.” YoungActorsVersionsYoung Actors Author:Amanda Seyfried
“I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.” PeopleWayYoungCertainActorsInspiredHonoredIdolatryYoung Actors Author:Meryl Streep
“Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.” PeopleIfsEndsYoungActorsBusinessPlansCrazySatisfyingNutsDesperationPerfumeEccentricYoung Actors Author:Uma Thurman
“There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.” WayNeedsYoungMotherActorsMentorNephewNieceYoung ActorsMy Niece Author:Kim Cattrall
“As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever."” PeopleThinkingTryingStillsAbleRememberYoungActorsActingForeverYoung Actors Author:Tom Cruise
“I do not comment on my client's personal lives in the media. As for Luke, he did so once, a long time ago when he was an inexperienced, young actor and now with maturity and hindsight, he has learned not to engage the press in his personal life again.” LongYoungActorsMediaGayLong TimePressesMaturityCommentClientsPersonal LifeLong Time AgoLukeHindsightYoung Actors Author:Luke Evans
“A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no right or wrong. There's only good and bad. And "bad" usually happens when you're trying too hard to do it right. There's a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The most important thing for actors - and not just actors, but everybody - is to feel loose enough to create what you want to create, and be free to try anything. To have choices.” WayWantFeelsTryingImportantIdeasHardEnoughHappensSuccessYoungChoicesActorsImportant ThingsWhat You WantBroadsRight WayGood And BadSpectrumYoung ActorsTrying Too Hard Author:Robert De Niro
“Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHeartSaidStillsDoneYoungActorsMy HeartIllusionThink Of MeSaid And DoneYoung Actors Author:Jack Nicholson
“A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all” BelieveLooksRunningYoungActorsSceneDon't BelieveYoung Actors Author:Charlotte Rampling
“It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera.” ChildrenYoungActorsPoorGroupsJudgmentCamerasReputationUnfortunateSmall GroupsYoung Actors Author:Fred Savage
“It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.” FeelsDreamWantedYoungActorsMy OwnLeaderDestinyDirectorsYoung Actors Author:Ron Howard
“Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.” TwoDoneFilmYoungActorsSeriousGood TimesYoung Actors Author:Miranda Otto
“When you're a young actor, there's this pressure to rush. But I hope to be doing this into my sixties and seventies, so I'd prefer to take my time.” YoungActorsPressureMy TimeSixtySeventiesYoung Actors Author:Felicity Jones
“Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.” HeartStoriesAmericaYoungActorsProudImpactYoung Actors Author:Uwe Boll
“If you want to be a theater actor, where do you live now? Young actors struggle on a Broadway salary. A lot of them live in shoe boxes; some of them are literally three to a shoebox. New York has gotten prohibitively expensive.” IfsWantYoungThreeActorsStruggleNew YorkTheaterShoesBoxesExpensiveBroadwaySalaryYoung Actors Author:Stephen Spinella
“What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.” YoungGuyActorsTalentSceneImpressTerrificOld DaysArrivingBradYoung Actors Author:Robert Wagner
“Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth about yourselves. Find out who can tell you that truth and talk of your art only with those who can tell you the truth.” FirstsArtYoungActorsStepsAnd LoveTheatreFirst StepsAdmirerYoung Actors Author:Constantin Stanislavski
“Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.” YoungActorsTerribleModelsYoung Actors Author:Ansel Elgort
“A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.” SaidJobsYoungActorsHobbiesYoung Actors Author:Robert Duvall
“I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century.” ThinkingWantYoungActorsCenturyConnectedMediumsHips21st CenturyYoung Actors Author:Robert Duvall
“So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage.” WayTryingKidsYoungActorsLinesDirectorsAnnoyingCagesTrying To ChangeYoung ActorsDismay Author:Jared Leto