Quotes About Actors

I am a big fan of the late Dr. Vishnuvardhan, late Ambareesh, Shivarajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar.

I don't see a difference between the big screen and the small one. We are entertainers, and the medium doesn't matter.

I think you have lots of actors who would much rather do a wonderful part at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but then you have to take a two-line part in a TV thing to pay the bills.

You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.

I have been incredibly lucky. My parents are actors; they've been the safety blanket around me.

I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.

All four of the actors in 'You're the Worst,' we all have strong theater backgrounds. We all play off of each other in that way that you would in theater. You kind of are up for anything out of the blue happening and getting it on film, you know? We're all just open to playing.

Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from one feeling to another.

Content is getting its due respect. Our audience wants to see characters on screen and want to see actors play new roles, adapt different body language.

I tapped into my potential in Bengali films, which I don't think directors in Bollywood were able to understand.

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

As actors, the thing we have to fight, more than even the business part of making movies, is boredom.

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring.

I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be.

Both my parents are actors.

There are some actors who come alive in front of a crowd, and if you've cast it right, there's an energy between cast and audience that can be exhilarating for both parties, then enjoyed by the audience at home.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

I like to have the actors do their thing. And then brief them what to do differently in take two.

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.

It's not so important to me where I work. A lot of good writers and directors and actors come out of Hollywood, so obviously it would be great to work there, but there's some great stuff coming out of Britain, so I'm going to see what comes from all angles.

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.

Coming from documentaries, my biggest challenge was to understand actors' psychologies. American actors take it all very seriously; British actors don't enter into all this methody way of doing things.

Generally, drama films are made with stars - I broke the rule unknowingly.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.