I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.
Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.
There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.
The way I see it, when I go out as an actor, it should be on a type of film I'm never going to do as a director.
Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
A strange thing happens to me that I'm sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I'm not 'me' any more.
As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.
I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'
I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.
I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.
After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
I was a failed actor but I still wanted to show off, so I ended up doing live comedy.
Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.
I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk.
My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.