To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate.
I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.
I want to do comedy films, serious films - I admire the actors who fly under the radar but get loads done, pop up in a lot of good films.
It's interesting - a lot of good actors are good mimes. But I'm terrible. If I tried to do an impression, nobody would know what I was doing.
Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.
I'd say that I'm super proud of only four or five things I've done, but mostly I'd like to be remembered as a really good actor who people enjoyed watching.
I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.
Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it.
My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.
I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.
When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.
It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job. You're going to a job.
An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?
Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends.
I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve.
I don't think many actors are that good, to be honest. I certainly don't think I am.
Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are more symmetrical.
It's nice to have a little bit of action in your world. Sometimes us actors go a couple months without working, it gets a little crazy. It's good to be busy.
Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.
