There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.
In live stage, the actor lives.
I do like the idea of doing something different, maybe doing something that's more like a genre film. And there are certain actors that I'd like to work with that would go along with working with a bigger budget.
Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.
Every actor wants to change things up a bit. You don't want to be pigeonholed, and not just because of what the industry might think.
When I started out I was a failed actor.
If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character
Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are more symmetrical.
Most actors have a process that they can go through, that they rely on, or that they've discovered, and that can evolve from project to project.
As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.
The American actor is very lucky. . . Because so little is asked of him.
Elia Kazan. He wrote my favorite book about filmmaking, 'Elia Kazan: On Directing. ' There is a thing in the book that I do every time, it's part of my production structure. He said when you're hiring an actor, ask them what draws them to the project, and don't lead them to the answer.
Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.
I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of coming over here as some kind of big shot. It's been a learning experience for me too.
Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.
Actors have these delicate appendages called Egos.
The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.
Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.
I can fill my cup up with real human interactions that allow me to be an actor. If I had no basis for relationships, as Kristen Bell, the human, I couldn't be an actress.
I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.