Quotes About Actors

I play real men that I can identify with. I have a lot of guys tell me that they relate to me because I represent the real, everyday dudes.

TV writing - for me, at least - is half original voice and half an embodiment and a representation of the spirit of the actors you're writing for.

Because I produce a comedy festival and because I write and all of that stuff, I've seen the relationship that actors can create, in a bad way sometimes, with the rest of the people they work with. I just want to be a good representation of, 'Actors are great! They're not what some people might think they are.'

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general.

When it comes to representation and agent meetings, a lot of times actors go into the meeting with the idea that they need the agent to pick them - but it's a partnership.

If people want to see more representation of trans people you just have to look around, because with the explosion of digital creation, lots of trans actors and film makers have been creating their own content and it's readily available.

I am representing my community, in a sense, especially given the fact that there are not as many Latino actors out there.

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.

The true excitement comes from the actors - that gives you the true drama - and whatever I can do with the camera, that's icing on the cake.

Actors are always identified with certain parts. To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather. That's just how it is, whether the character happens to be your own personal favorite role or not. You can't ever get away from it.

A lot of Europeans have done this, worked with American stars, and become identified over here.

I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

If I'm going through life broke, I might as well live in the company of cheerful idiots like actors.

I'd love to do more 'Nighty Night,' but that's always down to commissions, really. It's weird as well because everyone's moved on. I don't know if I could get all those people back.

On the whole, the politics of moviemaking is something that actors are kind of blissfully ignorant of.

Of course, that is true of a lot of people, whether they drink or not - celebrities or actors have an image they've created, and an image people like of them.

My two great loves when I'm shooting are working with great actors and composing images.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

Other Asian actors, especially American-born actors, sometimes shy away from immigrant roles.

Definitely, the most important part of a love story is the chemistry between the two actors because a love story is about a guy and a girl meeting and falling in love. You don't see love coming across if the chemistry is not there.

The thing about 'Next to Normal' is that it really is an ensemble piece for six actors. They are all asked to do very important things in the show, and I think all six are equal in terms of telling the story.

I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me.

I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.

There's an impression that actors make a lot of choices. I just take what's there.