I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.
Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.
Nicholson: You're an actor. Act, motherfucker.
Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes.
Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked.
I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.
As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.
As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.
I didn't intend to become an actor.
Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.
It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.
I never thought I was much of an actor anyway.
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
I don't really see myself as an actor.
