I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.
My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.
As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.
I don't know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships.
An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.
One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.
It's always great to see one of the actors I've worked with from 'Caddyshack' and 'TRON.' I run into them occasionally at events.
I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.
We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.
One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.
Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.
We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence.
You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.
Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.
I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
I know all actors are different, but I've never sat down and asked the writers, 'Where are we headed? Am I good or bad?'
