Part of an actor's job is to find correlations between your own life and the life of the person you are playing.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
I have been very lucky for most of my adult life to be working as an actor.
An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.
The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.
The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.
My life as an actor has submerged me completely because I don't know why.
What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.
The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.
I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.
I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.
Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.
I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.
Horror audiences don't need to see some TV actor they're familiar with.
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
If I were very handsome, maybe I'd have been an actor.
A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying.
I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.
