While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.
When you consider that you're a character that doesn't speak, but you've still got to react to the other actors, you've got to make a noise of some kind.
Working on a big-budget summer blockbuster with a built-in fan base is a dream come true for any actor.
I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.
I'm not very actorish. I don't play actor 24 hours a day. When the job is done, I go on to be myself, whoever that is.
Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.
You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.
There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor.
I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.
Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.
I live in the energy and rhythm of the character. To some degree, that's true of every actor I've worked with.
Some actors don't want to, but I prefer to. I like to collaborate. Sometimes you have to keep it to yourself, and people want to do their own thing.
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.
I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles.
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.
As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.
I plan on having the credibility and integrity of being a part of an entertainment news program like 'E!,' in addition to being on the actor side as well.
As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit.
