61 quotes found
“Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.”
“Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.”
“I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I'm a big fan of his.”
“As an actor, I trust my ear.”
“It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples and oranges. The writer and the actor are one.”
“In a rehearsal room, your real resource as an actor aren't the things around you; your resources are your imagination and your director and the other actors. In those close quarters, your imaginati...”
“I was 3 when I told my mom that I knew what my dharma was and that I wanted to be an actor.”
“When I was seven, I had been very vocal about wanting to be an actor. And my mom decided that we would try it out for a couple weeks and come to L.A. from Sacramento.”
“I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.”
“My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.”
“The characters so many Bollywood actresses portray are ultimately flat, uncomplicated, two-dimensional stock characters that typically range between the girl-next-door and the diva. They may be fla...”
“The first time we did cavalry charge I was so breathless with excitement I nearly fell off the horse. I actually saw stars in front of my eyes and thought I was going to faint. The second time I ha...”
“In this business, until you're known as a monster, you're not a star”
“Actors," he says, "should only be superficial on the surface.”
“A model is an actor without a voice.”
“I hope to be an actor and never retire.”
“When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.”
“I’m a bit-part actor in my own life”
“Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.”
“I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that ma...”
