One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.
If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't think any actor wants to do that.
An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.
Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.
Any actor that's like, 'I hate the fact that I'm getting all of this attention,' is a liar. Especially when it's from the opposite sex.
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.
Life is a wave of love for a lover, a gift for a giver, a drama for an actor, and a canvas for a painter.
Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.
What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
I've always wanted to be an actor. I've never planned on the acting and the stand-up feeding each other; they've always been separate desires.
I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun.
As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.
When it comes to chemistry with actors, I always feel chemistry is not something that comes and goes. You either have it or you don't.
I've probably wanted to be a rapper since I was a teenager. I was an actor and comedian and stuff, but I always wanted to rap, it was another outlet.
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.
Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors.
I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed.
The only thing I haven't done as an actor, other than Thai puppet theater somewhere, is act on a Broadway stage.
No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.
