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I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.
Cooking is a great leveller. You can be a sports star, an actor, an entrepreneur, anything, but cooking strips it all away.
Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.
Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
I can tell stories to other actors about the level of aggression on stage in the '70s between actors - it was unbelievable.
The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.
There are level-headed actors and outlandish actors and financially responsible actors and financially irresponsible actors.
I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.
As an actor, I've been taught to just stay with your scene partner, and whatever they do, let it affect you, be spontaneous.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
Sean Penn, for his acting as well as his writing and directing. There are so many actors I respect, but his reach is so wide.
I feel bad for young actors who become huge stars too quickly, because you haven't had a chance to practice your craft a lot.
A comedian's career span is five or 10 years. I am lucky to have worked with so many distinguished actors and their grandsons.
I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.
My personal opinion is that an actor shouldn't bother himself about expanding his market. He or she should just do good films.
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
I didn't go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn't go to do that; I went to be an actor.
I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.
I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.
An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.
My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is always the director's visual baby.
Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in 'Sophie's Choice' just kills me.
Delhi gives you a lot of love. Bombay people don't care much because it's usual for them to see a TV serial guy or a movie actor.
The relationship between an actor and a director is like a love story between a man and a woman. I'm sure sometimes I'm the woman.
I can say, with a little arrogance, that I could be an actor, a cameraman, a writer, but composers are the most mysterious people.
I never wanted to be an actor, and then 'GH' was the first time where my managers were like, 'Quit your day job. You got a thing.'
I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to her.
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.
Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.
Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!'
Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
I feel very privileged to have worked with a lot of outstanding actors: Alun Armstrong, Peter Mullan, Matt Smith and Andrew Garfield.
There's an actor in the TV show 'Prison Break,' Robert Knepper, who plays a violent sociopath, and he's just incredible in that role.
Everybody wants to have their 'Breaking Bad.' It went to Bryan Cranston. It couldn't have happened to a better guy or a better actor.
I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.
When it comes to writing musicals, you write the best piece you can. Then, its destiny is in the hands of the actors and the director.
I was happy being a lawyer, and the thought of becoming a model or even actor never came to my mind, even though I knew I looked good.
Being a nice guy is detrimental to actors. When I first came to Hollywood, everyone was nice to me. Everyone thought I was a nice guy.
You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson.
Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean, we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors acting off the sets, too.
I'm proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that's not good.
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.
Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.
All of my girlfriends have been actors, and I've realized that maybe it's not for me - and find something else outside of the industry.
They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.
I act, but I'm not necessarily an actor. Acting is just the first thing people see when they look at me. So I'd like to do more things.
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.