You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.
For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.
I've always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.
In Hollywood, you still have wonderful actors, but it's so hard to work there. To work becomes a Kafka nightmare - it's the last communist country!
As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.
I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.
I think that anybody who says 'This is the one way to go about being an actor' has probably not done a lot of professional work before.
I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.
Working with animals forces an actor to work harder because you have to be quick when it comes to improvisation, and you can't break character - at all.
As an actor, you never know where the work's going to come, so you have to be flexible about it.
As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.
I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.
All actors say they're concerned about the state of the theatre, but what they're really concerned about is that there'll be less work around.
I think when you work on a Woody Allen film the actors become a real company, probably more than on any other film.
A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.
I've had a year out of work, more, and just toughed it out. There are those who think that all actors are overpaid. I beg to differ.
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.
As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.
The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well.
My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
