I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman.
It's such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
Fat noses have no place in the Hindi film industry. But it is not so in the West - otherwise, Anthony Quinn would have never been an actor.
I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.
When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.
Working on a big-budget summer blockbuster with a built-in fan base is a dream come true for any actor.
I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.
I'm not very actorish. I don't play actor 24 hours a day. When the job is done, I go on to be myself, whoever that is.
Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.
You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.
There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.
When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor.
I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.
I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.
Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.
