Acting quotes

“[on actress Nancy Marchand, who passed away during the production] As she got sicker, it was very hard for her to remember lines, which she found incredibly frustrating. Her reputation was that she could look at a script just for minutes and memorize it.”

Allen Coulter

“If Hollywood didn't work out I was all prepared to be the best secretary in the world.”
Bette Davis

Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man', look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump'. Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There".... (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Downey Jr. - Kirk Lazarus

“Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.”
Denzel Washington

“- Wes Craven: I think the only way to stop him is to make another movie. Now I swear to you I'll I'm gonna stay by this computer and keep writing until I finish the script, but... when the time comes, you're gonna have to make a choice.
- Heather Langenkamp: Choice? What kind of choice?
- Wes Craven: Whether or not you will be willing to play...” (continue)(continue reading)
Wes Craven - Wes Craven
Heather Langenkamp - Heather Langenkamp

“The thing is, I never see my characters as psychopaths. I see them as really crippled victims who just happen to do bad things. And I never see them as bad guys; I see them as darker characters. I never see anything as good or bad; it's more light or dark, and the in-between is the grey.”
Michael Eklund

“Method acting? Mine involves a lot of talent, a glass, and some cracked ice.”
John Barrymore

“When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.”
Buddy Hackett

“Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.”
Eli Wallach

“A woman playing a woman? Where's the trick in that?”
Billy Crudup - Ned Kynaston

“Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.”
Adam Driver

“One of the pleasures of being an actor, is kind of getting out of yourself and trying to stretch and reshape yourself into someone else that's had a very different kind of experience. Obviously you bring whatever you know about life and about the way that people behave and everything to a performance.”
Alessandro Nivola

“I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.”
Aaron Paul

“You feel a huge sense of responsibility when you're playing a real person.”
Jeremy Strong

“If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I am certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.”
Liz Taylor

“I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood.”
Dylan McDermott

“I've always wanted to perform on the London stage.”
Mimi Rogers

“I'm always praying for a part that would be something that I could be really proud of.”
Siobhan Fallon

“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”
Leslie William Nielsen

“Todd and I have a very complementary working style.”
Sam Wood

“I think that, a) you have an act, and that, b) not having an act is your act.”
Kyra Sedgwick - Linda Powell

“Sometimes you have to put on a little show, helps bring the best out of people.”
Pedro Pascal - Javier Peña

“Marion Davies-Pops, this is Herman Mankiewicz, but we have to call him Mank.
William Randolph Hearst-Mankiewicz? Herman Mankiewicz. New York playwright and drama critic?
Herman Mankiewicz-Turned humble screenwriter, Mr. Hearst.
William Randolph Hearst-Why, no need to be humble, Mr. Mankiewicz. Pictures that talk are the future. They’re going...” (continue)(continue reading)
Amanda Seyfried - Marion Davies
Charles Dance - William Randolph Hearst
Gary Leonard Oldman - Herman Mankiewicz

“Everybody has a stunt except me. Every single person has a stunt, but I don't have a stunt, there's nothing. No wire, no pulling. I try to get in on the danger, but there's nothing.”
Johnny Simmons

“The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.”
Sharlto Copley