Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.
Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.
I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.
It's properly scary playing a leading man. Growing up, I always wanted to be a character actor.
It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful.
Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?
I don't take myself too seriously. I think that's something so many actors and people in general tend to do.
That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.
I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.
An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.
There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done.
I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.
On 'Saturday Night Live,' you wear so many hats there. You're the prop person, the actor, you're everything.
I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.
You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.
I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.
I think, as a younger actor, you are more open to the experience. And to an extent, you want to go into things blind and energised as if you were 15. Keep that terror.
There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it.
