“The reason I'm doing Shakespeare is to see if today's audiences can still relate to that. I'm not old or English, or anything, so this'll prove it once and for all.”
Keanu Reeves

“The bottom line is, when it comes to an actor and his performance, whether nominated or not, it simply has to do with whether that character had enough resonance with the audience.”
Leonardo DiCaprio

“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

“If you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”
Morgan Freeman

“By the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling.”
Rod Steiger