There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.
The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.
Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
A strange thing happens to me that I'm sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I'm not 'me' any more.
As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.
I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
They can't make any of these talented young actors Fletch. You might as well make a movie called Chevy Chase.
I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.
I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.
After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk.
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
I'm an actor who believes we all have triggers to any stage of emotion. It's not always easy to find but it's still there.
