Actually, I played Pontius Pilate as nice. An actor spends his life thinking he is Christ, and then he gets to play the character that killed him.
Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.
It's increasingly rare for me to find things that challenge me as an actor because the challenge of my personal life, and how fulfilling I find it, is tough to compete with.
Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.
An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.
Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course I fell in love with it.
People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it.
I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.
I would love to play an unexpected character. Really raw and simple and not a cliche - something rugged. People like to put actors in boxes.
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
I love my little flat in Spitalfields. Lots of actors live out of a suitcase, so it's nice to have a base to come back to.
I love acting, but being an actor for hire only serves so much, and then you want to fill your well up again and be charged by something else.
I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.
I made some mistakes in drama. I thought the drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.
I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.
'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.
