“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

There's no excuses, Paul. No one has ever, ever paid admission to see an excuse. No one has ever faced a black screen that says: "Well, if we had these set of circumstances, we would've shot this scene... so please forgive us and use your imagination." I've been to the movies hundreds of times. That's never occurred.
Mark Borchardt - Filmmaker

“- Alexander Dane: I played Richard III.
- Fred Kwan: Five curtain calls...
- Alexander Dane: There were five curtain calls. I was an actor once, damn it. Now look at me. Look at me! I won't go out there and say that stupid line one more time.”
Alan Rickman - Alexander Dane
Tony Shalhoub - Fred Kwan

“How adorable. The actors are going to play war with me.”
Robin Sachs - Sarris

“Jason, we are actors, not astronauts.”
Sigourney Weaver - Gwen DeMarco