Yes. When I was, like, three years old, I could recite Chekhov and all this stuff. My mother, she really had such a hard time with lines. I remember when she was doing this TV show and she was playing a doctor. A gynecologist. And she had to tape her lines on the thigh of the girl whose vagina she w…
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All women are actresses, dear. I'm just clever enough to get paid for it.
A few years from now, if you can still portray a human being, you’ll be quite a valuable commodity. I intend to be there.
For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work. These conscious ideas are only the springboard for what you hope will be the real meat from the unconscious.
You’ve got to be good at it, number one, and sustain it. There are no accidents. Any kind of sustained ability to go on working is because something is valid in the way you work. The star part is the commercial side of the business—and, frankly, no one knows anything about that.
The bottom line? Amy Adams deserves all the awards, and then some. And if there’s a special crown, or a sash, or just a medal that reads 'Queen of the Golden Globes' — well, she deserves those, too.
Anyway, before leaving, I chatted with the Princess, who was as gorgeous as I remembered her in movies when she was Grace Kelly, the star from Philadelphia. When I asked if she missed acting, she smiled and said, 'What do you think I’m doing now?'
I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
— Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Kirk Lazarus, Robert Downey Jr., imdb.com
If you want to be an actor, you want to be an actor because it wakes you up at two in the morning and burns inside your soul.
Raffi: Your children don't have to come from you. They go through you. So, I wouldn't consider the battle with time over just yet. Claire: I thought time wasn't linear. I thought it was an illusion. Raffi: Maybe that was just bullshit, Claire. Maybe that was just acting. [walks away]
Henry: [to Barry] You are not listening to your acting partner. Sally: Thank you! Henry: Stay out of this.
You need to start acting like you’re better than other niggas, and then they’ll start treating you better than other niggas.
— Stephen Glover, Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles, Brian Tyree Henry, imdb.com
I believe in smarts and you need to start acting like you have some.
One person acting alone can't save the world.
— Chris Fedak, Marc Guggenheim, Rip Hunter, Arthur Darvill, imdb.com
Do I get bonus points if I act like I care?
Now, I don’t want you to feel like you’re human shields, but let’s not mince words. You are human, and you’re gonna be acting as shields of a sort.
— Olivia Dufault, Odin Quincannon, Jackie Earle Haley, imdb.com
Stan, we can't have a grown woman acting like a child in our house. This ain't no Disney Channel.
— Jeff Kauffmann, Teresa Hsiao, Francine Smith (voice), Wendy Schaal, imdb.com
If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
— John Shiban, Thomas Schnauz, Saul Goodman, Bob Odenkirk, imdb.com
It was supposed to do that, though. I planned it. I was concerned people would start talking about the award that I won, and my acting, so I thought I'd pull a stunt just to get things back to where they need to be.
Whenever I really want a part, I’m not sure what to do. How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I wanted to write this one director a letter, so I wrote him a handwritten note. But then I was like, ‘How many people are writing this guy handwri…