You know, I've never been much of a method actor. I feel like, with every project I go in extremely prepared and I like to have a good time.
I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better work at the end of his career and slowly, successfully made the transition into writing and directing.
I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work.
People always ask me, 'Hey, what's Matt Damon like?' He's just a dude, just a really good person and one hell of an actor.
It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, 'How would you like to be a horrible actor?' Then you say, 'All right, that sounds good. I'll do that.'
At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
I mean, to feel in good hands as an actor... it's the best feeling.
Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.
I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you you...
I think my experience as an actor helps me to write anything. It certainly helped me to write 'August Osage County.' It helps me to write any play that I'm working on because I think one of the things I do well is write good roles for actors.
Everyone is a lead actor cum director of his own movie called life and any sensible director believes strongly always in playing out a good character through a lead actor for making his movie a truly blockbuster.
I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.
I had a really good time working with Jim Cameron. A lot of people didn't, but I did as I got on with him really quite well. For a director who spends most of his time looking down a lens or in the digitisation studio or working out some graphics, he...
I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with cust...
Do we have good writers, producers and actors in the U.K.? Yes we do.
If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Anyone who says there isn't pressure to look good as an actor in L.A. is lying.
I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.
