Actors' quotes about acting and filmmaking

“My job, as an actor, is to give the director options.”
Johnny Depp

“When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.”
Sir Michael Caine

“Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.”
Sir Michael Caine

“Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?”
Morgan Freeman

“My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people.”
Johnny Depp

“I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.”
Jeff Bridges

“You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.”
Christian Bale

“I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.”
Christian Bale

“I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.”
Robert De Niro

“In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.”
Robert De Niro

“There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.”
Robert De Niro

“The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.”
Robert De Niro

“I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect.”
Robert De Niro

“One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.”
Robert De Niro

“It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.”
Harrison Ford

“I think of myself as an assistant storyteller.”
Harrison Ford

“I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.”
Harrison Ford

“It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.”
Heath Ledger

“I'm kind of addicted to moving.”
Heath Ledger

“Thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“By the time I'd worked for three lawyers, I'd been chased around desks so often I figured I had what it takes for more important endeavors like show business.”
Mamie van Doren