Nothing is harder than working with an actor who doesn't take it seriously or show up in the same way that you are.
You're an actor first and foremost. No one is going to hire you because you tweet a lot.
It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.
I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.
I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.
You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.
Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.
A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.
An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.
I came out of school just at the time regional theater was first expanding. All of a sudden, lots of new companies needed actors.
It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing that's so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.
Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.
When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.
I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director.
At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.
I felt that I shouldn't be an actor who just makes movie after movie in a quest for prestige and money.
I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.
I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.
