Quotes of: British-actors Keyword

You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.

Wayne W. Dyer

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

William H. Macy

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Anton Corbijn

I think I can work with any type of actor.

Ang Lee

I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really!

Andy Serkis

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

Benjamin Walker

You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.

Ciaran Hinds

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

Daniel Day-Lewis

I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

Gia Coppola

In Hollywood, you still have wonderful actors, but it's so hard to work there. To work becomes a Kafka nightmare - it's the last communist country!

Gerard Depardieu

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

George Hickenlooper

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

Gillian Jacobs

I think that anybody who says 'This is the one way to go about being an actor' has probably not done a lot of professional work before.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

Jodie Whittaker

Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.

Kyle Massey

As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.

Lesley Nicol

As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.

Matt Damon

I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.

Martin Freeman

All actors say they're concerned about the state of the theatre, but what they're really concerned about is that there'll be less work around.

Michael Gambon

I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.

Michael Sheen

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.

Norman Jewison