I like the wild characters. I like the idea of being a character actor without being a character actor.
When I'm playing as an actor, I don't want to interfere at all with the director. I'm just an actor. I'm totally respectful.
The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
I feel like I'm more of a physical actor than a voice actor.
I'm always saying I won't get involved with an actor again, but then I realize how silly that is. The men I meet most often are actors.
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.
As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series.
I don't like the actors to work together beforehand. I trust my intuition, and I like when the actors are the same.
I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.
I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.
I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work.
Physicality is the basis of performance.
I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.
I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.
I'm very happy to have the heritage that I do, but I'm not wanting to be 'the Latino actor.' I just want to be 'an actor.'
I just think the less you know about an actor, the more serious you'll take them as an actor because they will disappear a little bit.
It's tough to make it as an actor, tougher still to make it as an actress - the Screen Actors Guild is eager to provide the statistics to verify the latter.
If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.
I recognize how lucky I am as an actor. I've been working as an actor since I was 9 years old.
