I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
I think actors always have that fear of unemployment so when the opportunities are there, you just jump on them.
It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.
I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.
Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.
All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.
You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact.
Michael Bates was a very funny actor; he'd served in India, could speak Urdu, and had great comic timing.
When I'm on the set at 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,' of course the content isn't funny, but the other actors are hilarious.
A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.
Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.
It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor I'm a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.
The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life.
Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed together. We go back to real life.
If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the life of an actor.
The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.
