#actors

Lindsay [Doran] goes round the table and introduces everyone -- making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#filming #movies #writers #movies

(On period costume posture coaching:) "We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#filming #historical-costume #movies #period-costume #posture

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

#between #british #british actors #choose #decide

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#called #does #enemy #except #harm

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#combat #comparison #contractors #else #individuals

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #british #british actors #everyone #i

Back 20 years ago, there was a division between movie actors and TV actors. That's kind of gone away. People who have had a lot of success in movies in the past now want to be on TV. There used to be much more of a quality division between TV and movies, and that's kind of not the case anymore. ↗

— Michael Imperioli

#anymore #away #back #between #case

But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it. ↗

— Hamid Karzai

#afghan people #believe #comes #factors #grounds

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#certain #certain level #film #film actors #get

I rarely meet other young actors. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#meet #other #rarely #young #young actors