One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.
A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible.
I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones.
I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.
To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.
I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.
I'm not of the manor born; I've never felt entitled in that way. I just came to Hollywood to be an actor. All that lifestyle stuff is something to be managed.
Actors come in, and they have their own take on things, and you have to adjust on the fly to make sure everything still works structurally and dramatically.
I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.
You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.
I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one.
I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.
With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen.
I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.
I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.
I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just wonderful.
A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.
I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.
In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.
