#actor

The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#actually #confuse #director #gets #nerves

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart. ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#collective #direct #heart #line #real

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along. ↗

— Stephen Root

#along #came #consider #even #film

Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was. ↗

— Stephen Root

#because #being #business #character #character actor

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#am #capacity #i #i am #imagination

I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To think people actually give you money for it! ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#actually #been #doing #earn #give

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#approaching #based #classical #get #hamlet

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. ↗

— William James

#between #conflict #damaging #deepening #difference

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because I knew that I would get to watch some of the leading guys in the movies, and also I'd get to work with them. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#also #because #done #get #guys

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#director #film #good #good director #keep