When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything!
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.
Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
I know certain actors who have done very well. They are still down to earth.
When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.
So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
I guess you could say I'm a model slash hotelier slash actor slash screenwriter.
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.
An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
I like Edward G. Robinson - he started as a character actor and became a lead, which is probably why I like him.
The actor is in the hands of a lot of other people, over which he has no control.
I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.
What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.
If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.
I'm not Tom Cruise. Very few British actors are. If you look at the body of work I've done it's pretty obvious I'm not going to make a 'Mission: Impossible.'
