In calm water every ship has a good captain.
There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
If it must always be better, it can never be good enough.
You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.
Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.
I've always had, like, from the age of about 11, I've had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I don't think I was ever going to be that person.
From a very young age, I wanted to be an actor, but I lived in a very small town in Florida where there weren't any opportunities for that.
I was trained as an actor and taught to believe at a very young age that I could be anything and do anything, and then you find yourself painted into a corner by your own image or persona.
When I was growing up, you'd read about actors, and they'd never tell you their age and how much they made a year as part of their definition.
I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.
Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I've ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she's right there.
Working with Al Pacino was an amazing experience. He's such an amazing guy. He's an incredible performer and actor - and, aside from that, just a generous human being.
At culinary school, none of the things we use to define ourselves outside that world - actor, producer, student - none of that matters. It's a magical art form.
But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.
Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.
Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.
Living in California, everyone learns to adapt their actor or actress within.
The best way to learn how to work with actors is to have had experience of trying to act yourself - it will teach you humility if nothing else.
The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.
I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.
Actors are not always the best judges. We have a peculiar idea of what we think we are, and sometimes it's best left to others to decide what we play.
