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People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.
A lot of people say, "What's the worst part about being an actor?" And the worst part is that you're not a musician.
I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.
I'll say my dad couldn't act to save his life and nor can my uncle and they'll say I'm the worst actor in the world.
Everybody works in a different way, and I've worked with actors that have no training whatsoever who are phenomenal.
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.
My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.
You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.
I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.
When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.
Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
There's a level of confidence in the actor you're working with that really helps a lot. It makes all the difference.
To the audience it doesn't really matter how much the director struggled with an actor. It's the result that counts.
Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.
As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.
Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain in the...or have an opinion.
I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.
Mine is an actor's voice, not a singer's voice, but the part was written for an actor (Richard Burton), not a singer.
If a movie isn't released, it's one thing, but if you know it will be, it's nice to have closure and see it come out.
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.
Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings.
As a writer, I haven't delved into dramatic writing. As an actor, I could always, even more so than comedy, do drama.
My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.
That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.
I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor.
People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.
I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.
Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous.
Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends.
As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit.
My first film as an actor was 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' a glorious experience that spoiled me for future films.
Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.
As an actor, you’ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident in yourself.
Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.
There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being.
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
Your crew becomes your family and you trust the director and the other actors on the set, and it's a very safe place.
I like to give the actors the freedom, and they know they have the freedom, to change anything they want at any time.
It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realized I'd become an actor.
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.
Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.
I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.
The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.
Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.
It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he has.
It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.