It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.
Most of the time, actors respond to the thing that's so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.
Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.
When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.
Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.
I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director.
At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.
I felt that I shouldn't be an actor who just makes movie after movie in a quest for prestige and money.
I'm an actor - it's not brain surgery. If I do my job right, people won't ask for their money back.
I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.
Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful.
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.
I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.
You see some of these actors, they have a permanent smile on their face. How can they do that? It really fascinates me.
I grew up very much in a sporting background. I always wanted to be an actor, but my escapism always came in sports.
You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.
Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance.
I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.
I love working with Sally Field, and Steve Buscemi is one of the most giving, talented actors I've ever worked with.
I love being the character actor. I get to stretch my muscles a little more.
