As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.
John: Gear costume. Actor: Swap? John: Cheeky
Pinocchio: I'd rather be smart than be an actor.
I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.
You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.
I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.
It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.
Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.
My greatest strength as an actor is that I follow my director's brief completely. The film is always the director's visual baby.
I love being an actor, especially in movies, because you get to be someone else.
I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.
You know, 'Mad Men' is notoriously secretive with its plotlines, even with exposing them to actors on the show.
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.
I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.
I don't think there have been many alien movies where the actors have actually seen the aliens.
It often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old.
I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.
For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.
