Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.
After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.
As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'
Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene.
That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.
I just refuse to date actors. I've done that, and I don't want to do that anymore. It's just the stress of traveling and being away from each other so much.
I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors to find their way. Facilitating their performances is so satisfying for me.
Always be original. Never duplicate what you've seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you've been given, and the rest will come easy.
It confirms for me that we did something on Days that meant something. We had our ups and downs, but Missy and I and some of the other actors, created something that was really memorable.
While Hollywood has had a huge influence on the Indian industry, Bollywood and its actors, too, are garnering a lot of attention in the western film world.
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us.
I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.
I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.
I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.
I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.
