Actors quotes
711 actors quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines“I like to give my actors a lot of room.”
- La trovi in Money and Actors
“Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.”
“I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I guess the first screenplay of mine that was done was 'Falling in Love' with Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.”
“I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“I've learned never to count Vin Diesel out. Just don't do that. And I guess it's because he is a very smart guy. Smarter than people give him credit for.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.”
“Every film takes on a life of its own, and it's influenced by you, and it's influenced by all the other players that are involved with it as well.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“If you work with Jim Carrey, you're working with the best.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“I always loved Kate Winslet, but after you meet her you really love her because she's a cool chick.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“Benicio del Toro, I think he's brilliant.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“All the studios now are owned by huge conglomerates and corporations, unlike the old Hollywood where everybody knew each other by their first names.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“They're both instinctive actors. Although they'll discuss on an intellectual level with some emotional grounding, when they finally get down to it I don't think they have a clue what they're doing in front of a camera.”
“One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.”
“Preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work.”
“I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust.”
“My favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
One of the funniest men I ever worked with and didn't understand a thing about the movie ["Charley Varrick"] at all.
- La trovi in Insults
“[on Clint Eastwood] Hardest thing in the world is to do nothing and he does it marvelously.”
“I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life.”
“No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“He got a reputation as a great actor just by thinking hard about the next line.”
- From the movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
“- Perry's Pizza Waitress: Linda, Linda, there he is. There's that guy from the stereo store. Don't you think he looks like Richard Gere?
-Linda Barrett: Did you see his cute little butt?” - From the movie: Soapdish
- Betsy Faye Sharon: Very, very good, Mark. And very true. I love what you're doing. I just, I think if we could try it one more time, and this time... I don't know... maybe try one without your shirt.
- Mark: Sure. "Will you be having wine with dinner?".
- Betsy Faye Sharon: I think we've found our waiter!
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